Apple A15 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A15 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (5 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (3230 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2021 vs September 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
3 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Connectivity
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.0
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
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
12 MB
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
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 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+61%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+120%
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+115%
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+148%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3786
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
267
Redmagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1452
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
214
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3275
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3859
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
3DMark Wild Life
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
9445
Redmagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
25710
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2960
Vivo iQOO Pad6 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
7150
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
11604
Redmagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
30872
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2590
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
7049
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