Apple A12X Bionic vs Apple A13 Bionic Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 2.49GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.67GHz
TDP 8W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 7-Core A12X	iGPU 4-Core A13
Peak·FP32·FP16 983.8 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 629.8 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A12X Bionic1,340

x1

A13 Bionic1,783

x1.33

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Core Config

8 Cores 4P 4E	6 Cores 2P 4E
8 Threads 4P 4E	6 Threads 2P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 2.67GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P 48KB E	L1i 128KB P 96KB E
L1d 128KB P 32KB E	L1d 128KB P 48KB E
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 16MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 6GB	Max Memory 4GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 1
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 4266MT/s
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 8W

TDP 5W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x6 5.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 7-Core A12X	iGPU 4-Core A13
Shaders 448	Shaders 256
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1.23GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 983.8 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 629.8 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Pontus	NPU Model H12 Metis
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 8
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 1.32GHz
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 5.5 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 9ARMv8.4-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Aruba A12XVariant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Cebu A13Variant LightningP-Core ThunderE-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Nov 7, 2018	Release Date Sep 20, 2019

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N7P
Die Size 135mm²	Die Size 98mm²
Transistor Count 10 Billion	Transistor Count 8.5 Billion
Transistor Density 74 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 86 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones -	Smartphones iPhone 11iPhone 11 ProiPhone 11 Pro Max Show 1 more
Tablets iPad Pro 11" Gen 1(A12X, Late 2018)iPad Pro 12.9" Gen 3(A12X, Late 2018)	Tablets iPad 9(A13, Late 2021)

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