Apple A15 vs A14: what’s new in the iPhone 13 chip

The iPhone 13 has been announced, powered by a new processor: the Apple A15 Bionic. But how does it compare to Apple’s previous 14 Bionic processor?

We’ve gathered all the official information from Apple to show you the main differences between the new chips and what benefits you will get by choosing a new iPhone.

So, without further ado, here’s everything that’s new in the iPhone 13 chip:

More efficient architecture

Apple has confirmed that the A15 Bionic chip will use the new 5nm architecture. Those familiar with the iPhone 12 will understand that this is a manufacturing node the same size as the A14 chip, so it is disappointing that Apple was unable to upgrade it to a 3nm node to improve performance efficiency.

However, Apple claims the new chip contains 15 billion transistors, up from the 11.8 billion A14 processors. This means you get improved performance, and Apple estimates that this is 50% faster than the competition.

Unfortunately, Apple hasn’t revealed how much faster the new chip will be compared to the A14, so we’re skeptical about the significant performance gains between the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13.

Has the same number of CPU cores as the A14

Apple hasn’t changed the number of CPU cores in its latest smartphone processor, with 4 energy-efficient cores and 2 high-performance cores.

This is not a big surprise, as Apple generally relies on architectural improvements to improve performance rather than more cores, so you’ll still see an increase in performance from the iPhone 13 over the iPhone 12.

The graphics will be of two kinds.

Even though it has the same number of graphics cores (4) as the Apple A14 Bionic, Apple has confirmed that the Apple A15 Bionic inside the iPhone 13 will get graphics performance improvements thanks to architectural improvements.

Apple claims the iPhone 13 will be 30% faster than “leading competitors” when it comes to graphics, but this is admittedly vague as Apple refrains from direct performance comparisons to the A14 chip.

However, this is good news for those looking to buy the iPhone 13 Pro, as Apple has announced that it will have a variant of the A15 processor with 5 GPU cores, one more than the standard iPhone 13. Apple says it will the most powerful graphics. performance found in a smartphone.

Faster neural engine

Apple spent most of its presentation on A15 talking about improvements in machine learning. This means the iPhone 13 should offer better performance when it comes to Siri and photography enhancements.

Apple also confirmed that the A15 chip will have a new display engine, video encoder and video decoder.