What is the difference between Apple A13 Bionic and Samsung Exynos 990? Should you buy phone having Apple A13 Bionic or should go for Samsung Exynos 990? Well, you'll get all your questions cleared here.Compare two chipset models on the basis of their benchmark score (AnTuTu and Geekbench), pros and cons, technical specs categorised into gaming, CPU, GPU, Multimedia, and Connectivity.
Apple A13 Bionic has a AnTuTu benchmark score of 526466 and Samsung Exynos 990 has AnTuTu score of 534251. Apple A13 Bionic comes up with 6 cores, 2660 MHz frequency and on the other hand, Samsung Exynos 990 has 8 cores and 2730 MHz frequency.
Go through detailed comparison below to see the actual difference and similarity between both chipsets.
| Specifications | A13 Bionic | Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Total score | 526466 | 534251 |
| Frequency | 2660 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| Max display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 4096 x 2160 |
AnTuTu Score | ||
| CPU | 158367 | 152105 |
| GPU | 218423 | 218710 |
| Memory | 65604 | 80184 |
| UX | 80367 | 73155 |
| Total score | 526466 | 534251 |
Connectivity Features | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 220 Mbps | Up to 422 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
Performance | ||
| Processor | 2x 2.66 GHz – Lightning4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2660 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 48 KB | |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 8.5 billion | |
| TDP | 6 W | 9 W |
Geekbench Score | ||
| Image compression | 151.6 Mpixels/s | 148.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 29.65 images/s | 20.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 87.4 words/s | 50.7 words/s |
| Machine learning | 72.5 images/s | 55.4 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 33.75 images/s | 27.5 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 3.81 Mnodes/s | 1.61 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 901.1 Krows/s | 813.1 Krows/s |
Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A13 Bionic GPU | Mali-G77 MP11 |
| Execution units | 4 | 11 |
| FLOPS | 736 Gigaflops | 1196 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
Memory Info | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Multimedia | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes, Neural Engine | Yes |
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 4096 x 2160 |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Game Performance | ||
| PUBG Mobile | 57 FPS [Ultra] | |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] | |
| Fortnite | 60 FPS [High] | |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] | |
| Genshin Impact | 59 FPS [Ultra] | |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] | |
| Device | Apple iPhone 11 Pro 828 x 1792 | |
Apple A13 Bionic has been announced on September 2019 whereas Samsung Exynos 990 has been announced on October 2019. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:
Benchmark measures the performance of the CPU. Geekbench is a benchmark that measures a processor's single core performance and AnTuTu score is the most popular and trustable benchmarking score which evaluates multi core performance. A13 Bionic has an AnTuTu benchmark score of 526466 points with CPU, GPU, Memory, UX score 158367, 218423, 65604, 80367 respectively.
CPU speed shows how many processing cycles per second can be executed by a CPU. A13 Bionic comes up with the architecture of undefined and Exynos 990 comes up with architecture of Valhall. Former one has 6 core and 2660 MHz frequency and latter has 8 cores and 2730 MHz frequency. A larger cache time leads to faster performance.
In terms of multimedia, A13 Bionic has Yes, Neural Engine NPU with storage type as NVMe and Exynos 990 has Yes NPU and UFS 3.0 storage type.