Apple A15 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A15 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2.6 GHz)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (September 2021 vs May 2026)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
May 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
APL1W07
Model Name
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2.6 GHz
15 billion
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
OpenCL 2.0 FP
-
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
-
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Connectivity
yes
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
Yes
5G support
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
-
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-
Miscellaneous
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
-
Max camera resolution
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
64-bit
Neural Engine 16 cores 15.8 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+98%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+64%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
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