Apple A13 Bionic vs Intel Core i9-7900X

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Apple A13 Bionic CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-7900X
Apple A13 Bionic Intel Core i9-7900X

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Apple A13 Bionic and the Intel Core i9-7900X and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Apple A13 Bionic 6 core processor released in Q3/2019 with the Intel Core i9-7900X which has 10 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2017.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Apple A13 (1) CPU group Intel Core i 7000X (9)
13 Generation 7
A13 (Lightning / Thunder) Architecture Skylake X
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Apple A12 Bionic Predecessor --
Apple A14 Bionic Successor Intel Core i9-9900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A13 Bionic is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.65 GHz. The processor can compute 6 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-7900X clocks with 3.30 GHz (4.30 GHz), has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel.

Apple A13 Bionic Characteristic Intel Core i9-7900X
6 Cores 10
6 Threads 20
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.65 GHz
2x Lightning
A-Core 3.30 GHz (4.30 GHz)
1.80 GHz
4x Thunder
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Apple A13 Bionic Characteristic Intel Core i9-7900X
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware --
8 Neural cores @ 6 TOPS AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Apple A13 GPU no iGPU
1.35 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
10 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
16 Compute units --
256 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple A13 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 4 GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Apple A13 Bionic, while the Intel Core i9-7900X supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 85.4 GB/s enabled.

Apple A13 Bionic Characteristic Intel Core i9-7900X
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR4-2666
4 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 85.4 GB/s
No ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 14.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 44
-- PCIe Bandwidth 43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Apple A13 Bionic has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-7900X is 140 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Apple A13 Bionic Characteristic Intel Core i9-7900X
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 140 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Apple A13 Bionic has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 7 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-7900X is at 14.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Apple A13 Bionic Characteristic Intel Core i9-7900X
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 2066
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q2/2017
-- Release price 989 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Apple A13 Bionic (100%)
Intel Core i9-7900X (84%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Apple A13 Bionic (33%)
Intel Core i9-7900X (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
1336 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
1133 (85%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
3429 (34%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
10199 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
1710 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
1410 (82%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
3599 (39%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
9120 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
5368 (25%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
21190 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
1222 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
14998 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
461 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
5286 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13 @ 1.35 GHz
691 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
648406 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
523650 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
137.7 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
5530 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
188 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
2194 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
6 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A13 Bionic Intel Core i9-7900X
Apple iPhone 11
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
iPhone SE
Unknown

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