Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A15 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
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: 4000 MHz (3230 MHz vs 4000 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (September 2021 vs October 2024)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X56x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
3 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
4000 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
-
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
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
-
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
-
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
-
-
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
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902
+24%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840
+71%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
+168%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
621
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
+108%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2166
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241
+143%
