Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple M2 iPad
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: June 2022 (September 2021 vs June 2022)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2021
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
APL1109
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
5 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.0
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
-
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
-
12 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
-
NVMe
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
-
6 W
TDP
15 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
M2 iPad
2633
+13%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
M2 iPad
9898
+72%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
M2 iPad
1854
+11%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
M2 iPad
8464
+88%
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
M2 iPad
2860
+70%
