Apple A15 Bionic
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2900 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2025 (September 2021 vs December 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
December 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM6225-AF
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
4x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
6 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2900 MHz
15 billion
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 610
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
-
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

12 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Neural Engine 16 cores 15.8 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +151%
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
928
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741 +180%
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
2049
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838 +225%
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
405227