Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2021 (September 2021 vs January 2021)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8250-AC
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
7 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
15
Transistor count
10.3
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 650
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
5
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
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
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
12 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
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, 2x 25MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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 60FPS
6 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+103%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+72%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
+66%
Snapdragon 870
794278
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
+25%
Snapdragon 870
1345
