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Apple A13 Bionic vs Apple A5

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A13 Bionic
Rank 2 - 37 %
Apple A5
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A13 Bionic
Rank 2 - 7 %
Apple A5
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
3,599
Apple A5
Apple A5 7 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
267
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
1,336
Apple A5
Apple A5 37 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
496
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13
691
Apple A5
Apple A5 2 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
13

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicApple A5
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple A13 (1)Apple A5/A5X (2)
ArchitectureA13 (Lightning / Thunder)A5
Technology7 nm32 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A12 Bionic
SuccessorApple A14 BionicApple A6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicApple A5
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 62 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Lightning
2.65 GHz
2x Cortex-A9
1.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Thunder
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB1.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicApple A5
GPU nameApple A13PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
GPU frequency1.35 GHz0.20 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 2564 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm32 nm
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicApple A5
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicApple A5
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB1 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicApple A5
TDP6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicApple A5
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2011
Release price
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Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
Apple A5
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz

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