Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (September 2021 vs November 2022)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8550-AB
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 740
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
1280
5
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
12 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+17%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+8%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
+215%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
528
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
+156%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1761
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709
+18%
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411
+103%
