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Apple A13 Bionic vs MediaTek MT6589

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A13 Bionic
Rank 2 - 6 %
MediaTek MT6589
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A13 Bionic
Rank 2 - 4 %
MediaTek MT6589
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
1,336
MediaTek MT6589
4C / 4T · 1.20 GHz
75
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
3,429
MediaTek MT6589
4C / 4T · 1.20 GHz
134
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13
691
MediaTek MT6589
PowerVR SGX544
9

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicMediaTek MT6589
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
CPU groupApple A13 (1)MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
ArchitectureA13 (Lightning / Thunder)Cortex-A9
Technology7 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A12 Bionic
SuccessorApple A14 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicMediaTek MT6589
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 64 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Lightning
2.65 GHz
4x Cortex-A7
1.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Thunder
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB1.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicMediaTek MT6589
GPU nameApple A13PowerVR SGX544
GPU frequency1.35 GHz0.29 - 0.29 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 2562 / 4
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm45nm
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicMediaTek MT6589
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicMediaTek MT6589
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-533 (4.3 GB/s)
LPDDR2-533 (4.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB
Memory channels11
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicMediaTek MT6589
TDP6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicMediaTek MT6589
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2013
Release price
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Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
MediaTek MT6589
MediaTek MT6589
4C / 4T · 1.20 GHz

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