Apple A18 vs Apple A13 Bionic

95 out 100
Apple A18
VS
63 out 100
Apple A13 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs Apple A13 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18
1605038
Apple A13 Bionic
904817
CPU431354181570
GPU598981312411
Memory208837147974
UX365876262862
NanoReview Score1605038904817
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
Apple A13 Bionic
6872
Stabilityn/a68 %
Graphics Testn/a41 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
Apple A13 Bionic
1748
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
Apple A13 Bionic
4161
File Compression286.8 MB/s147.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s87.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec104.2 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s14.3 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s39.3 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s74 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec125.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 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 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 4050 2650
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 8.5 billion
Power (TDP) 9 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1230 MHz
Execution Units 5 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 640 256
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 629.8 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 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 n/a 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 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 X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr September, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V08 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 the clear winner in this comparison.

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