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Apple A15 Bionic
vs
Samsung Exynos 7885

Apple A15 Bionic
vs
Samsung Exynos 7885

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Samsung Exynos 7885 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 14 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2021 (September 2021 vs February 2018)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Samsung
September 2021
Launch Date
February 2018
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1W07
Model Name
S5E7885
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
14 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
15
Transistor count
2

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G71 MP2
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0704 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
16
5
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2220 x 1080
-
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
Yes
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 32 Bit

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
No
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP, 2x 16MP
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +594%
Exynos 7885
336
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741 +563%
Exynos 7885
866
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678 +2263%
Exynos 7885
71
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838 +619%
Exynos 7885
183013

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