Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released
A15 Bionic Chip versus Snapdragon 680
SoCs, brought to you by
Apple and Qualcomm respectively. This
comparison examines the pros and cons of these
6-core and 8
-core processors, with data from
Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark
benchmarks, alongside their detailed
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
34.58%
higher CPU clock speed than
Snapdragon 680 (3230 vs 2400 MHz).
A15 Bionic Chip has
7.72%
higher GPU clock speed than
Snapdragon 680 (1200 vs 1114
MHz).
A15 Bionic Chip has
100.00%
higher memory frequency than
Snapdragon 680 (4266
vs 2133 MHz).
A15 Bionic Chip has
16.67%
smaller sized transistor
than
Snapdragon 680
(5
vs 6 nm).
A15 Bionic Chip
has
221.64
%
better AnTuTu 9
score than
Snapdragon 680 (809 K vs
252
K).
A15 Bionic Chip has the
latest
instruction
set, hence
better than
Snapdragon 680.
A15 Bionic Chip
supports
100.59
%
higher
memory
bandwidth
than
Snapdragon 680
(
34.1
vs
17
MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in
leading benchmarks.
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O
capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU
209204
81097
GPU
351594
38425
Memory
118044
68438
UX
130276
63600
Total score
809118
251560
GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and
multithreaded CPU
performance
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics
performance in Vulkan
(Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability
82%
99%
Graphics test
56 FPS
2 FPS
Score
9524
443
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity
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Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Cores
6
8
Base Frequency
2020MHz
1800MHz
Turbo Frequency
3230MHz
2400MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
256 KB
-
L2 cache
32 MB
-
L3 cache
-
-
Process
5 nanometers
6 nanometers
Transistor count
15 billion
-
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
6 W
-
GPU name
Apple GPU
Adreno 610
Architecture
-
Adreno 610
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1114 MHz
Pipelines
5
2
Shading units
640
96
Total shaders
1280
192
FLOPS
-
-
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 686
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
-
-
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
17 Gbit/s
Max size
6 GB
8 GB
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
-
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Modem
-
X11
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed 5G
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
Download speed 4G
-
Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed 5G
Up to 3000 Mbps
-
Upload speed 4G
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC