Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2022 (September 2021 vs May 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
APL1W07
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

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
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
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, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +40%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741 +37%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838 +12%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340