Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Apple A15 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

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

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2021 (December 2021 vs September 2021)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3230 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2021
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8450
Model Name
APL1W07
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
-
Transistor count
15

GPU Specifications

Adreno 730
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
818 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
2.5128 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
768
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
5.3 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
A15 Bionic
2333 +40%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
A15 Bionic
5741 +42%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
623
A15 Bionic
1665 +167%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2142
A15 Bionic
4501 +110%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462 +47%
A15 Bionic
1678
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
A15 Bionic
1315838 +20%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Unlimited
Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
10505
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
6997
3DMark Sling Shot Unlimited
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
11920
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
8667
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
790
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3859
3DMark Wild Life
Vivo iQOO 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
9565
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
9445
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Vivo iQOO 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2548
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2960
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Xiaomi 12
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
10361
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
11604
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Vivo iQOO 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2539
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
2590