Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2021 vs October 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 750
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 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
-
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 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 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+6%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+23%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
+83%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
+11%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+47%
