Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A13 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Apple A13 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and Apple A13 Bionic
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A17 Pro
1536108
Apple A13 Bionic
904817
CPU390106181570
GPU534149312411
Memory274926147974
UX336927262862
NanoReview Score1536108904817
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
Apple A13 Bionic
6872
Stabilityn/a68 %
Graphics Test59 fps41 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
Apple A13 Bionic
1748
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
Apple A13 Bionic
4161
File Compression260.8 MB/s147.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s87.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec104.2 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s14.3 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s39.3 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s74 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec125.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec4.6 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 60 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Apple iPhone 11 Pro (828x1792)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 3780 2650
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 19 billion 8.5 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A17 GPU Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1230 MHz
Execution Units 6 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 768 256
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS 629.8 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 5 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 1290x2796 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr September, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V02 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A17 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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