Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released
A15 Bionic Chip versus Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
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
11.00%
higher CPU clock speed than
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (3230 vs 2910 MHz).
A15 Bionic Chip has
33.31%
higher memory frequency than
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (4266
vs 3200 MHz).
A15 Bionic Chip
supports
33.20
%
higher
memory
bandwidth
than
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
(
34.1
vs
25.6
MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
has
-51.67
%
higher
GPU
clock
speed
than
A15 Bionic Chip
(
580
vs
1200
MHz).
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
has
20.00
%
smaller
sized
transistor
than
A15 Bionic Chip
(
4
vs
5
nm).
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
has
17.03
%
better
AnTuTu
9
score
than
A15 Bionic Chip
(
947
K
vs
809
K).
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
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
246704
GPU
351594
352464
Memory
118044
176323
UX
130276
171430
Total score
809118
946921
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%
85%
Graphics test
56 FPS
-
Score
9524
7500
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity
9300
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Base Frequency
2020MHz
1800MHz
Turbo Frequency
3230MHz
2910MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-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
-
GPU name
Apple GPU
Adreno 725
Architecture
-
Adreno 700
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
580 MHz
Pipelines
5
-
Shading units
640
-
Total shaders
1280
-
FLOPS
-
-
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
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
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 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K 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+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
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
-
-
Upload speed 5G
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G
-
-
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC