Apple A13 Bionic processor review

Apple A13 Bionic

A13 Bionic processor released by Apple; release date: 20 Sep 2019. The processor is designed for mobile-computers and based on Lightning/Thunder microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 6, threads - 6. Maximum CPU clock speed - 2.65 GHz. Manufacturing process technology - 7 nm. Cache size: L1 - 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core), L2 - 8 MB (shared).

Supported memory types: LPDDR4X-4266. Maximum memory size: 4 GB.

Maximum number of processors in a configuration - 1. Power consumption (TDP): 6 Watt.

Benchmarks

PassMark
Single thread mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
4870
2327
PassMark
CPU mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
156834
5702
Name Value
PassMark - Single thread mark 2327
PassMark - CPU mark 5702

Integrated graphics – Apple A13 Bionic

Technical info

Core clock speed 1230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 630 GFLOPS
Pipelines 4
Render output units 16

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture codename Lightning/Thunder
Launch date 20 Sep 2019
OS Support iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating 1084
Processor Number APL1W85
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.72 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm
Maximum frequency 2.65 GHz
Number of cores 6
Number of threads 6
Transistor count 8.5 billion

Memory

Max memory channels 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 1230 MHz
iGPU core count 4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt