The Power of RAM: A Comparative Analysis of iPhone 13 and 13 Pro Performance

When it comes to raw speed, there's only one way to find out - by putting them through a series of tests. This episode is sponsored by UGreen, a company that's pushing the boundaries of power with their new 100-watt charger. This charger is not just powerful enough to charge a MacBook Pro, an iPad, an iPhone, and an Apple Watch all at once, but it also comes with three USB-C ports and a full-sized USB-A port, making it a convenient and efficient way to travel.

The key feature of this charger is its ability to intelligently divvy up its 100 watts of power across its ports. This allows users to fast charge multiple devices simultaneously or focus all 100 watts on a single device like the new MacBook Pro. The charger also supports nine different charging protocols, including Quick Charge and Power Delivery, making it compatible with fast charging for most devices.

The test began by starting the stopwatches on each phone and then jumping into the first row where at least in Facebook, the two phones load the application at almost the same rate. Here in Starbucks, it was even closer, indicating that both phones are capable of handling the initial load quickly. Moving into Microsoft Word, the phones perform almost identically, with no noticeable difference between them.

However, as we move on to the second row, there's a chance that the extra GPU core on the iPhone 13 Pro will play a role. In editing the same exact photo in Snapseed and applying two different filters before exporting it out to storage, once again, there is no difference between the two phones. The performance remains neck-and-neck, with neither phone able to pull ahead.

In Filmora, each phone is tasked with exporting the same exact video project. And again, the two phones export videos at identical rates, indicating that the extra GPU horsepower on the iPhone 13 Pro is not necessary for these tasks. However, this doesn't mean that the GPUs aren't being taxed in any of these apps. Each time an application is loaded, the GPU is used to bring up the application's assets, but the load is so small that the extra power isn't necessary.

The real point of the extra GPU core on the iPhone 13 Pro seems to be supporting the more advanced camera system and powering the higher refresh rate. This does make a difference in terms of raw speed, as the phone can feel significantly smoother when scrolling through content. However, this wasn't the case in our initial test where both phones completed all these tasks at nearly identical rates.

Now, we're on the second lap, and the two gigabytes of extra RAM on the iPhone 13 Pro may actually make a difference. In the past, an iPhone with just 4 gigabytes of RAM struggled to keep multiple apps open in memory. However, so far, the standard iPhone 13 seems to be doing just fine.

But then we see it fail to keep Subway Surfers open, allowing the iPhone 13 Pro to take its first real lead in this entire test. It also fails to keep the browser ready and can't hold onto Microsoft Excel's state, but it manages to keep Microsoft Word open like with Starbucks and Facebook. This makes the winner of our test, technically the faster version of the iPhone, the iPhone 13 Pro.

The final verdict is that while the iPhone 13 has a significant advantage in terms of RAM, its performance doesn't show up until these more demanding tasks are thrown at it. The real difference between the two phones becomes apparent when keeping multiple apps open simultaneously or dealing with memory-intensive tasks. The extra power and capacity of the iPhone 13 Pro provide a noticeable boost in speed and efficiency.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso for that extra 200 the iphone 13 pro gives you a number of things that you don't get with the regular iphone 13 like the more advanced camera system the 120 hertz pro motion display and even a little bit of extra juice as we found in our battery test but one of the things that kind of sticks out on the spec sheet is not only does the pro model get the best version of the a15 bionic chip with a 5 core gpu instead of a 4 core gpu but it also gets 50 percent more ram at six gigabytes compared to just four which at least on paper makes the iphone 13 pro sound like it's gonna be significantly faster now whether or not that actually translates into real world speed well there's only one way to find out this episode is sponsored by ugreen and their new 100 watt charger which is powerful enough to charge a macbook pro an ipad an iphone and an apple watch all at the same time it does this through its combination of three usb c ports and a convenient full-sized usb a port making it this charger so much better to travel with compared to having to pack 4 different power bricks which always feels a little ridiculous the charger intelligently divvies up its 100 watts of total power across its ports allowing you to fast charge multiple devices at the same time or if you want all 100 watts of power for a single device like the new macbook pros you can do that as well using one of the two top ports and the cool thing is with support for nine different charging protocols including quick charge and power delivery this one charger is gonna be compatible with fast charging most of your devices whether that's an android phone like the galaxy s21 ultra or pixel 6 or even if it's a nintendo switch you can learn more at the first link down below in the description and get a special discount using that offer code alright we'll kick things off like we always do starting the stopwatches on each phone and then jumping into the first row where at least in facebook the two phones load the application at almost the same rate and here in starbucks it was even closer so heading into microsoft word the phones are performing almost identically which doesn't really come as a surprise given that they do have the same cpu and storage speeds and so far at least those two things have been the biggest factors but as we move on to the second row there's a chance that we see that extra gpu core on the iphone 13 pro play a role here with us editing the same exact photo here in snapseed applying not one but two different filters to the photo before exporting it out to storage where once again there is no difference we'll see if that changes here in filmora go where each phone is tasked with exporting the same exact video project where no the two phones are exporting the videos at identical rates meaning heading into the browser test the two phones remain neck and neck now while the iphone 13 pro hasn't been able to pull ahead here this doesn't mean that the gpus aren't being taxed in any of these apps each time we load up an application the gpu is being used to bring up the application's assets but that load is so small where the extra gpu horsepower isn't necessary and it seems to be the same even here in the gaming row so more than likely i'd say the real point of that extra gpu core on the iphone 13 pro is to support the more advanced camera system along with powering the higher refresh rate which we have found to tax the gpu more for even simple things like scrolling than a 60hz screen since the phone is technically rendering twice the frames which obviously makes the iphone 13 pro feel a lot smoother but in terms of raw speed not just the perception of speed at least in this first lap there's no difference in the performance between the iphone 13 and the 13 pro the two phones completed all these tasks at nearly identical rates with them each finishing the first lap in one minute and 57 seconds but now we're on the second lap where the two gigabytes of extra ram on the iphone 13 pro may actually make a difference here since the last time we tested an iphone with just 4 gigabytes of ram it wasn't able to hold all the apps open in memory but so far the standard iphone 13 seems to be doing just fine but there you go it fails at keeping subway surfers open allowing the iphone 13 pro to take its first real lead in this entire test with it just sailing through the remaining apps as the standard iphone 13 fails to keep the browser ready and it also fails to keep the video editing app ready allowing the iphone 13 pro to make its way to the finish line keeping all 16 apps open and ready to go clocking in a total time of 2 minutes and 41 seconds meanwhile the standard iphone 13 with its four gigabytes of ram continues to struggle here with it also failing to keep microsoft excel open but it does manage to keep microsoft word open as it does with starbucks and it also keeps facebook open so it's not all bad but still 22 seconds behind the pro model making the winner and technically the faster version of the iphone the iphone 13 pro anyways that is it for me in this video thank you for watching and as always i'll see you in the very next episode youso for that extra 200 the iphone 13 pro gives you a number of things that you don't get with the regular iphone 13 like the more advanced camera system the 120 hertz pro motion display and even a little bit of extra juice as we found in our battery test but one of the things that kind of sticks out on the spec sheet is not only does the pro model get the best version of the a15 bionic chip with a 5 core gpu instead of a 4 core gpu but it also gets 50 percent more ram at six gigabytes compared to just four which at least on paper makes the iphone 13 pro sound like it's gonna be significantly faster now whether or not that actually translates into real world speed well there's only one way to find out this episode is sponsored by ugreen and their new 100 watt charger which is powerful enough to charge a macbook pro an ipad an iphone and an apple watch all at the same time it does this through its combination of three usb c ports and a convenient full-sized usb a port making it this charger so much better to travel with compared to having to pack 4 different power bricks which always feels a little ridiculous the charger intelligently divvies up its 100 watts of total power across its ports allowing you to fast charge multiple devices at the same time or if you want all 100 watts of power for a single device like the new macbook pros you can do that as well using one of the two top ports and the cool thing is with support for nine different charging protocols including quick charge and power delivery this one charger is gonna be compatible with fast charging most of your devices whether that's an android phone like the galaxy s21 ultra or pixel 6 or even if it's a nintendo switch you can learn more at the first link down below in the description and get a special discount using that offer code alright we'll kick things off like we always do starting the stopwatches on each phone and then jumping into the first row where at least in facebook the two phones load the application at almost the same rate and here in starbucks it was even closer so heading into microsoft word the phones are performing almost identically which doesn't really come as a surprise given that they do have the same cpu and storage speeds and so far at least those two things have been the biggest factors but as we move on to the second row there's a chance that we see that extra gpu core on the iphone 13 pro play a role here with us editing the same exact photo here in snapseed applying not one but two different filters to the photo before exporting it out to storage where once again there is no difference we'll see if that changes here in filmora go where each phone is tasked with exporting the same exact video project where no the two phones are exporting the videos at identical rates meaning heading into the browser test the two phones remain neck and neck now while the iphone 13 pro hasn't been able to pull ahead here this doesn't mean that the gpus aren't being taxed in any of these apps each time we load up an application the gpu is being used to bring up the application's assets but that load is so small where the extra gpu horsepower isn't necessary and it seems to be the same even here in the gaming row so more than likely i'd say the real point of that extra gpu core on the iphone 13 pro is to support the more advanced camera system along with powering the higher refresh rate which we have found to tax the gpu more for even simple things like scrolling than a 60hz screen since the phone is technically rendering twice the frames which obviously makes the iphone 13 pro feel a lot smoother but in terms of raw speed not just the perception of speed at least in this first lap there's no difference in the performance between the iphone 13 and the 13 pro the two phones completed all these tasks at nearly identical rates with them each finishing the first lap in one minute and 57 seconds but now we're on the second lap where the two gigabytes of extra ram on the iphone 13 pro may actually make a difference here since the last time we tested an iphone with just 4 gigabytes of ram it wasn't able to hold all the apps open in memory but so far the standard iphone 13 seems to be doing just fine but there you go it fails at keeping subway surfers open allowing the iphone 13 pro to take its first real lead in this entire test with it just sailing through the remaining apps as the standard iphone 13 fails to keep the browser ready and it also fails to keep the video editing app ready allowing the iphone 13 pro to make its way to the finish line keeping all 16 apps open and ready to go clocking in a total time of 2 minutes and 41 seconds meanwhile the standard iphone 13 with its four gigabytes of ram continues to struggle here with it also failing to keep microsoft excel open but it does manage to keep microsoft word open as it does with starbucks and it also keeps facebook open so it's not all bad but still 22 seconds behind the pro model making the winner and technically the faster version of the iphone the iphone 13 pro anyways that is it for me in this video thank you for watching and as always i'll see you in the very next episode you\n"