Apple A13 Bionic vs Apple A15 Bionic (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.67GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.93GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 4-Core A13	iGPU 5-Core A15
Peak·FP32·FP16 629.8 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A13 Bionic1,783

x1

A15 Bionic (iPad)2,157

x1.21

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Core Config

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

Clocks

Base Clock 2.67GHz	Base Clock 2.93GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P 96KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 48KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 12MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 16MB	SLC Cache 32MB

Memory

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

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A13	iGPU 5-Core A15
Shaders 256	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.23GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 629.8 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H12 Metis	NPU Model H14 Bia
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.32GHz	NPU Clock 1.94GHz
Performance 5.5 TOPSFP16	Performance 15.8 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 9ARMv8.4-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 11ARMv8.5-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cebu A13Variant LightningP-Core ThunderE-Core	Codename Ellis A15Variant AvalancheP-Core BlizzardE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Sep 20, 2019	Release Date Sep 24, 2021

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7P	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 98mm²	Die Size 108mm²
Transistor Count 8.5 Billion	Transistor Count 15 Billion
Transistor Density 86 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone 11iPhone 11 ProiPhone 11 Pro Max Show 1 more	Smartphones -
Tablets iPad 9(A13, Late 2021)	Tablets iPad mini 6(A15, Late 2021)

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