A13 Bionic

While the iPhone SE may look like an iPhone 8, under the hood it’s gotten a pretty impressive CPU bump, now sporting the exact same A13 Bionic CPU that’s found in all of Apple’s iPhone 11 models. While Apple never talks about RAM, most reports have said that it will also include a similar bump to 6GB, although we’ll need to wait for tech reviewers to get their hands on the new iPhone SE before we know for certain.

The switch to an A13 Bionic shouldn’t be underestimated, since this is the same chip that powers the advanced computational photography and machine learning features that make the iPhone 11 capable of things like Night Mode and Deep Fusion. While the single-lens iPhone SE won’t be able to pull all of those features off, it does deliver a few new features that the iPhone 8 simply couldn’t handle.