Apple A12Z Bionic vs Apple A13 Bionic

Comparative analysis of Apple A12Z Bionic and Apple A13 Bionic processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12Z Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 2 more threads: 8 vs 6
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9365 vs 5702
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 vs 20 Sep 2019
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 8 vs 6
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 vs 5702

Reasons to consider the Apple A13 Bionic

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 2.65 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2327 vs 2202
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.65 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2327 vs 2202

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12Z Bionic
CPU 2: Apple A13 Bionic

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
2327
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9365
5702
Name Apple A12Z Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 2327
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 5702

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12Z Bionic Apple A13 Bionic

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Lightning/Thunder
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 20 Sep 2019
OS Support iPadOS 13.4, macOS Big Sur 11.0 Beta 1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2 iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating 1088 1084
Processor Number APL1083 APL1W85
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 1.72 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 2.65 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 8 6
Transistor count 10 billion 8.5 billion

Memory

Max memory channels 2 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB 4 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266

Graphics

Execution Units 32 16
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz 1230 MHz
Graphics max frequency 8
iGPU core count 4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt