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Apple A13 Bionic vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A13 Bionic
71 %
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
100 %
12C / 14T · 5.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A13 Bionic
44 %
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
100 %
12C / 14T · 2.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A13 Bionic
33 %
Apple A13
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
100 %
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A13 Bionic
46 %
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
100 %
12C / 14T · 2.00 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core Ultra 7 (31) |
| CPU group | Apple A13 (1) | Intel Core Ultra 200U (4) |
| Architecture | A13 (Lightning / Thunder) | Meteor Lake U Refresh |
| Technology | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 2049 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 155U |
| Successor | Apple A14 Bionic |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 12 / 14 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Lightning 2.65 GHz |
2x Redwood Cove 2.00 - 5.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Thunder 1.80 GHz |
8x Crestmont 1.70 - 4.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 2x Crestmont 0.70 - 2.40 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 12.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A13 | Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 1.35 GHz | 0.60 - 2.10 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 256 | 64 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2019 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Intel® AI Boost |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 6 TOPS | Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8400 (134.4 GB/s) DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 57 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 12 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2019 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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