Apple A15 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A15 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2021 vs October 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 750
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Connectivity
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
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
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
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 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+6%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+23%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
+83%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
+11%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+47%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
6997
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
19778
3DMark Sling Shot Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
8667
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
22529
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3786
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
9124
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
267
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
955
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
214
OnePlus 12
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
802
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3275
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
9078
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3859
Redmagic 9S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1840
3DMark Wild Life
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
9445
Asus ROG Phone 8 / 8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
18450
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2960
Asus ROG Phone 8 / 8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
5205
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
11604
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
21026
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2590
OnePlus 12
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
5029
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