Apple A15 Bionic
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (September 2021 vs May 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
May 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM7750-AB
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
15 billion
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 722
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
256
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
2880 x 1800
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
yes
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
6.0
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
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

12 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
L3 cache
4 MB
-
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Neural Engine 16 cores 15.8 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +76%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1325
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741 +41%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4081
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838 +35%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
976058

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Wild Life
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
9445
Vivo V70
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
7558
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2960
Vivo V70
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
2073
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
11604
Vivo V70
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
7704
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2590
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
2070