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Apple A6 vs Apple A13 Bionic vs Apple A6x

Apple A6

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The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC found in the iPhone 5 with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 at 266 MHz.

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 A6x

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The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

ModelApple A6Apple A13 BionicApple A6x
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-Series
Series: Apple A-Series
Apple A19 Pro2.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A192.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores12 MB L3
Apple A18 Pro - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A18 - 3.8 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 « 1 GHzcores
Apple A19 Pro2.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A192.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores12 MB L3
Apple A18 Pro - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A18 - 3.8 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 GHzcores
Clock1000 MHz <=2660 MHz1400 MHz
Cores / Threads26 / 62
Technology32 nm7 nm32 nm
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
CodenameLightning and Thunder
L1 Cache832 KB
L2 Cache12 MB
Transistors6900 Million
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUApple A13 Bionic GPU
NPU / AI6 TOPS INT8

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
109%
1 A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
110%
1 A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 33851     avg: 33885     median: 33881 (27%)     max: 33925 Points
26%
1 A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2078     avg: 2803     median: 2958 (28%)     max: 3219 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 3411     avg: 3780     median: 3877 (44%)     max: 4052 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
1760 Points (43%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
4135 Points (16%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1326     avg: 1333     median: 1332 (51%)     max: 1342 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3235     avg: 3381     median: 3378.5 (6%)     max: 3531 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
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
112%
1 A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (9%)     max: 710 Points
111%
1 A6x +
781 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (5%)
108%
1 A6x +
1012 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (13%)
110%
1 A6x +
2053 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
107%
1 A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
105%
1 A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
107%
1 A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
124%
1 A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
113%
1 A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
min: 545     avg: 562     median: 571 (1%)     max: 573 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
935 ms (9%)
104%
1 A6x +
895 ms (8%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 47288     avg: 48727     median: 48991 (36%)     max: 49388 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 146     avg: 179.2     median: 183 (33%)     max: 202 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 (30%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
147649 Points (37%)
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 Total Score
904153 Points (29%)
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 CPU
236453 Points (24%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
min: 650706     avg: 678820     median: 683897 (90%)     max: 701856 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 776     avg: 835     median: 849 (32%)     max: 864 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 A6 → 0% n=0

Average Benchmarks Apple A13 Bionic → 0% n=0

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 0% n=0

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red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)