Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
vs
Apple A15 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (2840 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2021 (December 2019 vs September 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2019
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8250-AB
Model Name
APL1W07
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
5 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
10.3
Transistor count
15

GPU Specifications

Adreno 650
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
587 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
1.2021 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
512
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 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.1
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
2750 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, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
5 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Hexagon 698
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 865
1128
A15 Bionic
2333 +107%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 865
3277
A15 Bionic
5741 +75%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 865
1226
A15 Bionic
1678 +37%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 865
753667
A15 Bionic
1315838 +75%