Apple A13 Bionic Complete review with benchmarks
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In today’s article, I am going to review Apple A13 Bionic. I’m going to review its AnTuTu 9, CPU, Graphics, Memory, Multimedia, Connectivity, and gaming experience.
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Apple A13 Bionic:
Over the last few years, Apple is leading in the smartphones chipsets market, but in 2022 the company went so far with the record-breaking new chipsets. We’ve seen some amazing chipsets like Apple A14, Apple A15 that made into the Top 5 the AnTuTu 9 benchmarks, and Apple A14 that was launched in Apple iPhone 12 Series smartphones. Let’s start with the benchmarks.
AnTuTu 9:
CPU
154086
GPU
254605
Memory
84925
UX
116618
Total score
614582
Apple A13 Bionic shows the best AnTuTu 9 scores. We can see the big jump in the GPU performance. The total performance of the GPU is 254605, which is faster than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. The CPU also shows one of the best scores. It is 154086 which is also faster than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. The memory scores also show a significant boost. A13 Bionic memory is faster than Apple A12 Bionic, Apple A11x. The memory scores are 84925. The Ux is also showing one of the best performances. It is 116618 which is faster than Apple A12 Bionic, and Apple A11 bionic. Total scores are above 614582. The total scores of this chipset will depend on which smartphone is using this chipset with which type of ram. A13 Bionic is considerably gaining a performance boost and beating the last-gen Apple A13 Bionic processor in the iPhone category. This processor can be seen in iPhone 12 Series. In the Flagship segment, it’s the best processor for gaming, camera, battery, display, and everything.
Geekbench 5:
Single-Core Score
1336
Multi-Core Score
3515
The single-core scores show the best performance in this smartphone mid-range category lineup. The single-core scores are 1336. And the multi-core scores are 3515 which is also beating every chipset in the multi-core performance in this range. iPhone is known for its CPU performance. Even if it’s an old chipset but it’s still fast enough to beat some of the latest chipsets.
CPU:
Architecture
2x 2.66 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores
6
Frequency
2660 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache
832 KB
L2 cache
12 MB
Process
7 nanometers
Transistor count
8.5 billion
TDP
6 W
Apple A13 Bionic launched with the two big cores of Lightning which are ultra-high performance cores that are clocked on 2.66GHz. The other 4 cores are based on Thunder which is power efficiency core. The Lightning also has the best speeds and good set instruction architecture. There is a total of 6 cores with a boost clock of 2.66GHz. Apple A13 Bionic has the latest set of instruction architecture. It is considerably fast and strong enough to beat some of the latest and most powerful Chipsets. Apple A13 Bionic is fabricated on 7Nm. This means Apple A13 Bionic will be power efficient and will consume less battery and will produce less heat. It is fast with the big two Lightning. It is also L2 cache is also 12MB which is a lot faster than the other processor in the market right now. The TDP is 6Watts which means the processor will be best with the battery management. In this Apple A13 Bionic, the CPU performance is very fast and very efficient. There is 8.5 Billion transistors in this A13 Bionic which is more than enough for a mobile chipset. This processor has incredible speeds and good optimization.
Graphics:
GPU name
Apple A13 Bionic GPU
Execution units
4
FLOPS
736 Gigaflops
Vulkan version
1.1
OpenCL version
2.1
DirectX version
12.1
Apple GPU is the new architecture that they are using in the Apple A13 Bionic. The GPU is also manufactured using the 7Nm technology. Which means it will also be power efficient. The name of the GPU is Apple A13 Bionic GPU. This is the fastest GPU in this lineup. The A13 Bionic is fast enough to handle games like FREE FIRE and PUBG MOBILE. The GPU score is faster than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 which means there will be a smooth gaming experience on this chipset.
Memory:
Memory type
LPDDR4X
Bus
2x 32 Bit
Max size
4 GB
Apple A13 Bionic uses the new LPDDR4x ram with the memory frequency of 4200MHz and uses the bus of 2×32 bit. The ram size may change according to the smartphones. The memory frequency is also going to be changed according to smartphones. The max memory bandwidth is 42.7Gbit/s which is also faster than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 which was used in Samsun Galaxy S10 Plus. The max memory size is 4GB. This chipset cannot support more ram than the size of 4GB.
Support:
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes, Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
Max display resolution
2688 x 1242
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
Apple A13 Bionic uses its own Neural Engine which is fast with AI calculations and can be used to accelerate video analysis, voice recognition, and image processing. Apple A13 Bionic uses the NVMe which is fast. This gives you fast read and writing speeds.
Apple A13 Bionic has the maximum display support of QuadHD+ and can support the 60Hz refresh rate with the Super Amoled. The video capture is kept on 4k at 60FPS and the video playback is also 4k at 60FPS. There is no 8k support on this Apple A13 Bionic. It is a bit of a shame to see there is no 8k support on a 2021 Flagship processor.
Connectivity:
Wi-Fi
6
Bluetooth
5.0
Apple A13 Bionic has 5G support. The Apple A13 Bionic also comes with the Wi-Fi 6 and the Bluetooth version of 5.0. This will give you better signals and better speeds. A13 Bionic uses its own modem. It is not fast as the X65 but it gives you good speeds.
Phones with A13 Bionic:
Phones with A13 Bionic
AnTuTu v9
1. Apple iPhone 11
633167
2. Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
619564
3. Apple iPhone 11 Pro
619020
4. Apple iPhone SE (2020)
559885
Apple A13 Bionic is launched in these 4 smartphones. As you can see these 4 smartphone scores are different. iPhone 11 is at the top. Which is a considerably great phone with this chipset. The Apple iPhone 12 pro is a good smartphone for pretty much everything for gaming, the camera, for normal use, and its packet with amazing features.
Gaming Experience:
PUBG Mobile
57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite
60 FPS
[High]
World of Tanks Blitz
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact
59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
828 x 1792
The gaming experience on this chipset is going to be faster than the Apple A13 Bionic. This chipset is combined with the 2 Big Lightning cores and which boosts the performance. With 2 Big Lightning, there is going to be a little issue of overheating. The frequency of this chipset is 2.66GHz, which is good for long-term gaming. This chipset also supports the LPDDR4x ram. This means there will be no issues with using this chipset in a long-term gaming session. This chipset also supports a 60Hz refresh rate. This will help in smooth performance with low latency. This chipset is can play PUBG MOBILE at 60FPS, and other games at high FPS as well, this is because of the GPU.
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