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Apple A13 Bionic vs Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A13 Bionic

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The Apple A13 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 11 series. It was announced late 2019 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. Compared to the previous A12 Bionic, the A13 should offer a 20% improved CPU performance at 40% lower power (according to Apple).

With 8.5 billion transistors, the A13 Bionic is a big chip especially compared to the Snapdragon 835 (3 Billion) or a Skylake desktop quad-core Soc (1.75 Billion).

Apple A15 Bionic

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The Apple A15 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 13 and iPad Mini (2021) models. It was announced late 2021 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. The CPU performance increases only slightly compared to the A14, but GPU (in the higher end models) offers higher gains.

The chip is manufactured in 5nm and integrates 15.8 billion transistors (compared to the 11.8 of the A14).

ModelApple A13 BionicApple A15 Bionic
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-Series
CodenameLightning and Thunder
Clock <=2660 MHz2020 - 3230 MHz
L1 Cache832 KB
L2 Cache12 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 66 / 6
Transistors6900 Million15800 Million
Technology7 nm5 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal Processor
iGPUApple A13 Bionic GPUApple A15 GPU 5-Core
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Series: Apple A-Series
Apple A15 Bionic « 2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic compare - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
L3 Cache32 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 33851     avg: 33885     median: 33881 (29%)     max: 33925 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2078     avg: 2803     median: 2958 (11%)     max: 3219 Points
65%
A15 +
min: 1852     avg: 2027     median: 1913 (7%)     max: 2307 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 3411     avg: 3780     median: 3877 (44%)     max: 4052 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 A15 +
2332 Points (63%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 A15 +
5661 Points (22%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1326     avg: 1333     median: 1332 (56%)     max: 1342 Points
130%
A15 +
min: 1590     avg: 1723     median: 1734 (73%)     max: 1755 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3235     avg: 3381     median: 3378.5 (6%)     max: 3531 Points
142%
A15 +
min: 4559     avg: 4755     median: 4788 (9%)     max: 4914 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1343     avg: 1343     median: 1343 (6%)     max: 1344 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3242     avg: 3427     median: 3463 (11%)     max: 3575 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 545     avg: 562     median: 571 (1%)     max: 573 ms
100%
A15 +
min: 413.6     avg: 455.6     median: 451 (1%)     max: 507.3 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A15 +
77 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 47288     avg: 48727     median: 48991 (44%)     max: 49388 Points
131%
A15 +
min: 57143     avg: 63305     median: 64026.5 (58%)     max: 65969 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 A15 +
min: 188     avg: 188.3     median: 188 (54%)     max: 189 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 146     avg: 179.2     median: 183 (38%)     max: 202 Points
137%
A15 +
min: 219     avg: 254.3     median: 250 (52%)     max: 279 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 10494     avg: 12510     median: 12592 (39%)     max: 14443 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 77118     avg: 77810     median: 78032 (96%)     max: 78279 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 218738     avg: 219891     median: 218937 (68%)     max: 221998 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 147281     avg: 149542     median: 148191 (91%)     max: 153154 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 456891     avg: 459752     median: 459850 (81%)     max: 462516 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 64361     avg: 75201     median: 78294 (65%)     max: 82947 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 67691     avg: 75819     median: 74262 (60%)     max: 85504 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 190559     avg: 203672     median: 209164 (38%)     max: 211292 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 149088     avg: 156731     median: 152919 (55%)     max: 168185 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 489463     avg: 511422     median: 510245 (49%)     max: 534558 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
622382 Points (38%)
129%
A15 +
min: 722973     avg: 788523     median: 800415 (48%)     max: 832548 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
147649 Points (40%)
142%
A15 +
min: 192891     avg: 209810     median: 209802 (57%)     max: 227638 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 650706     avg: 678820     median: 683897 (90%)     max: 701856 Points
min: 10349     avg: 10411     median: 10410.5 (1%)     max: 10472 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 776     avg: 835     median: 849 (33%)     max: 864 Points
135%
A15 +
min: 1132     avg: 1156     median: 1145 (44%)     max: 1190 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
7 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
2.9 Watt (3%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A13 Bionic → 100% n=11

Average Benchmarks Apple A15 Bionic → 106% n=11

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