Apple A13 Explained

Apple A13 Bionic
Produced-Start:September 10, 2019
Fastest:2.65 GHz
Size-From:7 nm (N7P)
Designfirm:Apple Inc.
Manuf1:TSMC
Arch:A64 ARMv8.4-A[1]
Microarch:"Lightning" and "Thunder"
Numcores:6 (ARM big.LITTLE: 2 "big" Lightning + 4 "little" Thunder)
L2cache:8 MB (performance cores)
4 MB (efficient cores)
Llcache:16 MB (system cache)
Application:Mobile
Transistors:8.5 billion
Gpu:Apple-designed 4 core
Predecessor:Apple A12
Successor:Apple A14
Variant:Apple S6/S7/S8 SiP (cut-down version that utilizes high efficiency cores from A13)

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 9th generation iPad,[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 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. 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.[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]

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.[12]

Die block comparison (mm²)[13] !SoC!A13 (7 nm enhanced)!A12 (7 nm)
Process nodeTSMC N7PTSMC N7
Total die98.4883.27
Big core2.612.07
Small core0.580.43
CPU complex (incl. cores)13.4711.16
GPU core3.253.23
GPU total15.2814.88
NPU4.645.79

Products that include the Apple A13 Bionic

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: llvm-project/AArch64.td at llvm/master · llvm/llvm-project · GitHub. . January 21, 2021. September 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922174714/https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/903e5c3028d61481c570c09eeb5e7a920c2d7d38. live.
  2. Web site: Apple says its new A13 Bionic chip has the fastest smartphone CPU and GPU ever. The Verge. 10 September 2019. Sean. Hollister. September 10, 2019. October 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201008202510/https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/9/10/20857177/apple-iphone-11-processor-a13-cpu-speed-graphics-specs. live.
  3. Web site: Apple announces A13 Bionic chip for iPhone 11. 2019-09-10. VentureBeat. en-US. 2019-09-23. October 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201003183231/https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/10/apple-announces-a13-matrix-chip-with-amx-component/. live.
  4. Web site: iPhone SE - Technical Specifications. Apple. en-US. 2020-04-15. April 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415154735/https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs/. live.
  5. Web site: Mayo . Benjamin . 2022-03-08 . Apple announces new $1599 27-inch 5K Apple Studio Display, featuring Center Stage webcam . 2022-03-08 . 9to5Mac . en-US.
  6. Web site: Dillet . Romain . 2019-09-10 . Apple introduces the A13 Bionic for the iPhone 11 . 2024-03-16 . TechCrunch . en-US.
  7. Web site: Apple Announces New iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, & iPhone 11 Pro Max. Frumusanu. Andrei. AnandTech. 2019-09-23. September 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190923034321/https://www.anandtech.com/show/14859/apple-announces-new-iphone-11-iphone-11-pro-iphone-11-pro-max. live.
  8. Web site: Frumusanu . Andrei . The Apple iPhone 11, 11 Pro & 11 Pro Max Review: Performance, Battery, & Camera Elevated . 2023-09-17 . www.anandtech.com.
  9. Web site: More power with less: Apple's A13 Bionic is faster and more power efficient. Malcolm. Owen. September 11, 2019. AppleInsider. en. 2019-09-23. July 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200726074013/https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/11/more-power-with-less-apples-a13-fusion-is-faster-and-more-power-efficient. live.
  10. Web site: The Apple iPhone 11, 11 Pro & 11 Pro Max Review: Performance, Battery, & Camera Elevated. Frumusanu. Andrei. www.anandtech.com. 2019-10-20. September 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200906102818/https://www.anandtech.com/show/14892/the-apple-iphone-11-pro-and-max-review. live.
  11. Web site: Apple A13 For iPhone 11 Has 8.5 Billion Transistors, Quad-Core GPU. Zafar. Ramish. 2019-09-10. Wccftech. en-US. 2019-09-11. October 14, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014115040/https://wccftech.com/apple-a13-iphone-11-transistors-gpu/. live.
  12. Web site: iPhone 11 - Technical Specifications. 2021-10-24. support.apple.com.
  13. Web site: The Apple A13 SoC: Lightning & Thunder. Frumusanu. Andrei. AnandTech. 2019-10-16. October 20, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191020034726/https://www.anandtech.com/show/14892/the-apple-iphone-11-pro-and-max-review/2. live.

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