Apple A15 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A15 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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: 3800 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (September 2021 vs November 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8845
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
3 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
512
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1
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
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
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 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 Gen 5
2804
+20%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+75%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3786
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
8535
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3859
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
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