Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Apple A14 Bionic
We’ve crafted a detailed comparison between the recently launched A15 Bionic Chip and A14 Bionic SoCs, developed by Apple and Apple respectively. Our assessment weighs the benefits and drawbacks of these 6-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, as well as their full technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of A15 Bionic Chip
- A15 Bionic Chip has 4.19% higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic (3230 vs 3100 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 7.75 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (809 K vs 751 K).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 209204 | 203493 |
| GPU | 351594 | 284242 |
| Memory | 118044 | 131989 |
| UX | 130276 | 131211 |
| Total score | 809118 | 750935 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 82% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 56 FPS | 50 FPS |
| Score | 9524 | 8375 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3230MHz | 3100MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15 billion | 11.8 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple GPU | Apple A14 GPU |
| Architecture | - | - |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | - |
| Pipelines | 5 | 4 |
| Shading units | 640 | - |
| Total shaders | 1280 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 998 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | - | - |
| OpenCL version | - | - |
| DirectX version | - | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | - | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2021 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W07 | APL1W01 |
| Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | A14 Bionic official site |