Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Apple A15 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (67 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (March 2024 vs September 2021)
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
March 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
APL1W07
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
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 735
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
750 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
786
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
12.1
DirectX version
-
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
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
67 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
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 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
A15 Bionic
2333
+42%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
A15 Bionic
5741
+44%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775
+40%
A15 Bionic
1315838
