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Apple A13 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9820

Apple A13 Bionic
38.2Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 9820
—Inno Score
34.7CPU39.5
34.3GPU—
52.2Benchmarks—
24.9AIspec-based—
41.8Efficiencyspec-based20
2 spec wins — Apple A13 Bionic2 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 9820

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 9820 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A13 Bionic

  • 12% lower process: 7 nm vs 8 nm

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 9820

  • Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 35
  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6

General

General comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Announced20192018
Process7 nm+12%8 nm
TDP (typical)6 W—
ArchitectureArmv8.4—

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 + 2x2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock2.65 GHz2.73 GHz+3%

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
GPUApple GPU (4-core)Arm Mali-G76 MP12

AI

AI comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
NPUNeural Engine (8-core)Samsung NPU
AI performance6 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Memory typeLPDDR4X-2133LPDDR4X
Max bandwidth34.1 GB/s—

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
ModemIntel XMM 7660 LTE (external)Integrated LTE Cat-20
Max download—2 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6—
Bluetooth5.0—

Media

Media comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Max displayRetina XDRWQUXGA (3840x2400)
Video capture4K@60fps8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
AnTuTu900,000—
Geekbench 6 (single)1,340Top 34%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)3,400Top 39%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme1,950Top 46%—

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