Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2995 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2021 (September 2021 vs June 2021)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2021
Launch Date
June 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1W07
Model Name
SM8350-AC
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
5 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2995 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 660
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
905 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.8534 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
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 780
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 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
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +90%
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1230
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741 +52%
Snapdragon 888 Plus
3778
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838 +54%
Snapdragon 888 Plus
853696
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1890 +13%