Apple A13 Bionic vs Intel Core i3-9100F

Comparative analysis of Apple A13 Bionic and Intel Core i3-9100F processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Apple A13 Bionic

Intel Core i3-9100F

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A13 Bionic

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
10.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 23 April 2019
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-9100F

Around 58% higher clock speed: 4.20 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2490 vs 2338
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6719 vs 5737

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.20 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2490 vs 2338
PassMark - CPU mark	6719 vs 5737

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A13 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-9100F

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2338

2490

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5737

6719

Name	Apple A13 Bionic	Intel Core i3-9100F
PassMark - Single thread mark	2338	2490
PassMark - CPU mark	5737	6719
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1078
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3394
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2548

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A13 Bionic	Intel Core i3-9100F
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lightning/Thunder	Coffee Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	23 April 2019
OS Support	iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	1082	1479
Processor Number	APL1W85	i3-9100F
Vertical segment	Mobile	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$389
Performance
Base frequency	1.72 GHz	3.60 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	2.65 GHz	4.20 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	6	4
Transistor count	8.5 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 GB	64 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	1230 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	65 Watt
Sockets supported		FCLGA1151
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Integrated Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)