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Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

A15 Bionic Chip
VS
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
A15 Bionic Chip
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest A15 Bionic Chip vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoCs, manufactured by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of A15 Bionic Chip
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 46.82% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (3230 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 105.68 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (809 K vs 393 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports 55.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 ( 34.1 vs 22 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip ( 4 vs 5 nm).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A15 Bionic Chip
vs
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 209204 105049
GPU 351594 110865
Memory 118044 90267
UX 130276 87211
Total score 809118 393392

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 82% -
Graphics test 56 FPS -
Score 9524 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard		 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Adreno
Architecture - Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1200 MHz -
Pipelines 5 -
Shading units 640 -
Total shaders 1280 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
Max size 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution - 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2021 September 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W07 SM6450
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site