Apple A15 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A15 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2021 (September 2021 vs December 2018)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
December 2018
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8150
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
7 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
15 billion
Transistor count
6.7
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 640
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
585 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.8985 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
384
5
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 20
Yes
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
12 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
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
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Neural Engine 16 cores 15.8 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 690
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+148%
Snapdragon 855
939
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+101%
Snapdragon 855
2855
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
+221%
Snapdragon 855
518
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
+146%
Snapdragon 855
1830
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
+83%
Snapdragon 855
916
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
+118%
Snapdragon 855
603872
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