Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced A15 Bionic Chip vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoCs, designed by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 6-core and 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 7 Gen 1 (3230 vs 2400 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 44.11 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (809 K vs 561 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports 33.20 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 ( 34.1 vs 25.6 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has -50.00 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 600 vs 1200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip ( 4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than A15 Bionic Chip .

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 177123
GPU 351594 162367
Memory 118044 101455
UX 130276 120496
Total score 809118 561441

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% 99%
Graphics test 56 FPS 17 FPS
Score 9524 3089

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
1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB 3 MB
L3 cache - -
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Adreno 662
Architecture - Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 600 MHz
Pipelines 5 -
Shading units 640 384
Total shaders 1280 768
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 6 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3360 x 1600
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. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4400 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2021 May 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W07 SM7450-AB
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 official site