Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 vs Apple A15 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (4000 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs September 2021)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
October 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
Model Name
APL1W07
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5
6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4000 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
-
Memory type
LPDDR4X
-
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
-
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
12 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902
+24%
A15 Bionic
2333
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840
+71%
A15 Bionic
5741
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
621
A15 Bionic
1665
+168%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2166
A15 Bionic
4501
+108%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241
+143%
A15 Bionic
1315838
