CPUSmartphoneReleased Sep 20, 2019

Apple A13 Bionic

6C/6T · 2.6 GHz

The Apple A13 Bionic was introduced on September 10, 2019 with the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Built on TSMC's enhanced 7 nm N7P process with 8.5 billion transistors, it pairs two Lightning performance cores at up to 2.65 GHz with four Thunder efficiency cores, and adds AMX matrix-multiplication blocks to the performance cores alongside an 8-core Neural Engine. The chip was later used in the iPhone SE (2nd generation), the iPad (9th generation) and the Apple Studio Display.

General

Manufacturer: Apple
Model: Apple A13 Bionic
Segment: Smartphone
Generation: A-series (A13 Bionic)
Codename: —
Architecture: ARM64
Microarchitecture: Lightning/Thunder
Release date: Sep 20, 2019
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 6 cores / 6 threadsP2+E4
Base clock: —
Boost clock: 2.65 GHz
TDP (design W): —
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: 12 MB
L3 cache: 16 MB
Technology (nm): 7 nm
TSMC N7P (7 nm)

Platform

Socket: BGA (soldered SoC)
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Apple GPU (4-core)
Memory type: LPDDR4X (unified)
Memory size: —
ECC memory: ✕ No
PCIe: —

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: ARMv8.4-ANEONAMXAESSHA
NPU: 8-core Neural Engine

OS support

Notes: The A13 Bionic runs Apple operating systems only. The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max and iPhone SE (2nd generation) are listed by Apple as compatible with iOS 27, and the iPad (9th generation) with iPadOS 27. The chip was never used in a Mac and does not run macOS, Windows or desktop Linux distributions.

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