System on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.
The Apple A13 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC), designed by Apple Inc. , part of the Apple silicon series.[ 2] It appears in the iPhone 11 , 11 Pro/Pro Max , the iPad (9th generation) ,[ 3] the iPhone SE (2nd generation) [ 4] and the Studio Display .[ 5] Apple states that the two high performance cores are 20% faster with 30% lower power consumption than the Apple A12 's, and the four high efficiency cores are 20% faster with 30% lower power consumption than the A12's.[ 6]
Design
The Apple A13 Bionic features an Apple-designed 64-bit six-core CPU implementing ARMv8.4-A [ 1] ISA , with two high-performance cores running at 2.65 GHz[ 7] called Lightning and four energy-efficient cores called Thunder . The Lightning cores feature machine learning accelerators called AMX blocks. Apple claims the AMX blocks are six times faster at matrix multiplication than the Apple A12 's Vortex cores. The AMX blocks are capable of up to one trillion single-precision operations per second.[ 7] The Lightning cores have access to 8 MB pL2 and the Thunder cores share 4 MB L2. The SLC is 16 MB.[ 8]
The A13 integrates an Apple-designed four-core graphics processing unit (GPU) with 20% faster graphics performance and 40% lower power consumption than the A12's. Apple claims their A13's eight-core Neural Engine dedicated neural network hardware is 20% faster and consumes 15% less power than the A12's.[ 3] [ 7] [ 9]
It is manufactured by TSMC on their 2nd generation 7 nm N7P (not to be confused with '7 nm+' or 'N7+'),[ 10] and contains 8.5 billion transistors .[ 11] [ 12]
The A13 has video codec encoding support for HEVC and H.264 . It has decoding support for HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2 , and Motion JPEG .[ 13]
Die block comparison (mm²)[ 14]
SoC
A13 (7 nm enhanced)
A12 (7 nm)
Process node
TSMC N7P
TSMC N7
Total die
98.48
83.27
Big core
2.61
2.07
Small core
0.58
0.43
CPU complex (incl. cores)
13.47
11.16
GPU core
3.25
3.23
GPU total
15.28
14.88
NPU
4.64
5.79
Products that include the Apple A13 Bionic
Gallery
Apple A13 SoC on iPhone 11 (upper) main logic board
See also
References
^ a b "llvm-project/AArch64.td at llvm/master · llvm/llvm-project · GitHub" . GitHub . Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2021 .
^ Hollister, Sean (September 10, 2019). "Apple says its new A13 Bionic chip has the fastest smartphone CPU and GPU ever" . The Verge . Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
^ a b "Apple announces A13 Bionic chip for iPhone 11" . VentureBeat . September 10, 2019. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
^ "iPhone SE - Technical Specifications" . Apple . Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ Mayo, Benjamin (March 8, 2022). "Apple announces new $1599 27-inch 5K Apple Studio Display, featuring Center Stage webcam" . 9to5Mac . Retrieved March 8, 2022 .
^ Dillet, Romain (September 10, 2019). "Apple introduces the A13 Bionic for the iPhone 11" . TechCrunch . Retrieved March 16, 2024 .
^ a b c Frumusanu, Andrei. "Apple Announces New iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, & iPhone 11 Pro Max" . AnandTech . Archived from the original on September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
^ Frumusanu, Andrei. "The Apple iPhone 11, 11 Pro & 11 Pro Max Review: Performance, Battery, & Camera Elevated" . www.anandtech.com . Retrieved September 17, 2023 .
^ Owen, Malcolm (September 11, 2019). "More power with less: Apple's A13 Bionic is faster and more power efficient" . AppleInsider . Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
^ Frumusanu, Andrei. "The Apple iPhone 11, 11 Pro & 11 Pro Max Review: Performance, Battery, & Camera Elevated" . www.anandtech.com . Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
^ Zafar, Ramish (September 10, 2019). "Apple A13 For iPhone 11 Has 8.5 Billion Transistors, Quad-Core GPU" . Wccftech . Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ Introducing iPhone 11 Pro — Apple Youtube Video , archived from the original on October 15, 2020, retrieved September 11, 2019
^ "iPhone 11 - Technical Specifications" . support.apple.com . Retrieved October 24, 2021 .
^ Frumusanu, Andrei. "The Apple A13 SoC: Lightning & Thunder" . AnandTech . Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
Preceded by
Apple A13 Bionic 2019
Succeeded by
Products
Services
Financial Media Communication Retail and digital sales Support Other
Companies
Related People
Italics indicate discontinued products, services, or defunct companies.
Category
Application ARM-based chips
Application processors (32-bit)
ARMv7-A
Cortex-A5 Cortex-A7
Allwinner A2x, A3x, A83T, H3, H8
NXP i.MX7 , QorIQ LS10xx , NXP i.MX6UL
Broadcom VideoCore BCM2836, BCM23550
Leadcore LC1813, LC1860/C, LC1913, LC1960
Marvell Armada PXA1920, 1500 mini plus
MediaTek MT65xx
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, 205, 208, 210, 212 , 400
Cortex-A8 Cortex-A9
Actions ATM702x , ATM703x
Altera Cyclone V, Arria V/10
Amlogic AML8726, MX, M6x, M801, M802/S802, S812, T86x
Apple A5 , A5X
Broadcom VideoCore BCM21xxx, BCM28xxx
Freescale i.MX6
HiSilicon K3V2 , 910's
InfoTM iMAPx912
Leadcore LC1810, LC1811
Marvell Armada 1500 mini
MediaTek MT65xx
Nvidia Tegra , 2 , 3 , 4i
Nufront NuSmart 2816M, NS115, NS115M
Renesas EMMA EV2, R-Car H1, RZ/A
Rockchip RK292x , RK30xx , RK31xx
Samsung Exynos 4 421x , 441x
ST-Ericsson NovaThor
Telechips TCC8803
Texas Instruments OMAP 4
Texas Instruments Sitara AM4xxx
VIA WonderMedia WM88x0, 89x0
Xilinx Zynq-7000
ZiiLABS ZMS-20, ZMS-40
Cortex-A15 Cortex-A17 Others ARMv7-A compatible
Apple A6 , A6X , S1 , S1P , S2 , S3
Broadcom Brahma-B15
Marvell P4J
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1, S2, S3, S4 Plus, S4 Pro, 600, 800 (Scorpion , Krait )
ARMv8-A
Application processors (64-bit)
ARMv8-A
Cortex-A35 Cortex-A53
Actions GT7, S900, V700
Allwinner A64, H5, H64, R18
Altera Stratix 10
Amlogic S9 Family, T96x
Broadcom BCM2837
EZchip TILE-Mx100
HiSilicon Kirin 620 , 650, 655, 658, 659 , 930, 935
Marvell Armada PXA1928, Mobile PXA1908/PXA1936
MediaTek MT673x , MT675x , MT6761V , MT6762 /V , MT6763T , MT6765 /G/H , MT6795 , MT8161, MT8163, MT8165, MT8732, MT8735, MT8752
NXP ARM S32 , QorIQ LS1088, LS1043 , i.MX8M
Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 , 410, 412, 415, 425, 427, 429, 430, 435, 439, 450 , 610, 615, 616, 617, 625, 626, 630
Renesas RZ/V2M
Rockchip RK3328, RK3368
Samsung Exynos 7570, 7578, 7580, 7870, 7880
Texas Instruments Sitara AM6xxx
UNISOC SC9820E , SC9832E, SC9860/GV
Xilinx ZynqMP
Cortex-A57 Cortex-A72
AWS Graviton
Broadcom BCM2711
HiSilicon Kirin 950, 955 , Kunpeng 916
MediaTek MT6797/D/T/X , MT8173, MT8176, MT8693
MStar 6A938
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650, 652, 653
Rockchip RK3399
NXP QorIQ LS2088 , QorIQ LS1046A , QorIQ LX2160A , QorIQ LS1028A , i.MX8
Cortex-A73
Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 , 632, 636, 660, 662, 665, 680, 685 , 6s 4G Gen 1 , 835
Samsung Exynos 7872, 7884, 7885, 7904, 9609, 9610, 9611
HiSilicon Kirin 710 , 960 , 970
MediaTek MT6771/V , MT6799 , MT8183, MT8788
Amlogic S922X
Others ARMv8-A compatible
ARMv8.1-A
ARMv8.2-A
Cortex-A55 Cortex-A75
Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 , 710, 712 , 845 , 850
Samsung Exynos 9820, 9825
MediaTek MT6769H/T/V/Z , MT6768, MT6779V
UNISOC T310, T606, T610, T615, T616, T618, T619, T620, T700, T710, T7200, T7225, T7250, T7255, T7280 , T740
Cortex-A76
Allwinner A733
Google Tensor
HiSilicon Kirin 810, 820 , 980, 985 , 990
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480(+) , 675, 678 , 720G, 730(G), 732G, 765(G), 768G , 855(+), 860 , 7c (Gen 2), 8c, 8cx (Gen 2)
Microsoft SQ1 and SQ2
MediaTek MT6781, MT6785V, MT6789 , MT6833V/P, MT6853V/T , MT6873, MT6875 , Dimensity 6020, 6080, 6100+, 6300(+) , MT8192
Samsung Exynos 990
UNISOC T750, T760, T765, T770, T820, T8100, T8200, T9100
Cortex-A77 Cortex-A78
Google Tensor G2
MediaTek MT6877, MT6878 , MT6879, MT6891, MT6893 , Dimensity 7020, 7025 (Ultra), 7030, 7050, 7300 (Energy/Ultra/X) , 8000, 8020, 8050, 8100, 8200 , Kompanio 900T, 1200, 1380, 1300T
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, 4(s) Gen 2 , 695 , 6 Gen 1, 6(s) Gen 3 , 778G(+), 780G, 782G , 888(+)
Samsung Exynos 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380 , 2100
Cortex-X1 Neoverse N1 Others
Cortex-A65, Cortex-A65AE, Cortex-A76AE, Cortex-A78C, Cortex-X1C, Neoverse E1
ARMv8.2-A compatible
ARMv8.3-A
ARMv8.4-A
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8.7-A
ARMv9.0-A
ARMv9.2-A