Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 750G SoCs, developed by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their 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 46.82% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 750G (3230 vs 2200 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 750G (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 37.50% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 750G (5 vs 8 nm).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 145.91 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 750G (809 K vs 329 K).
- A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 750G.
- A15 Bionic Chip supports 100.59 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 750G ( 34.1 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 750G
- Snapdragon 750G has -31.25 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 825 vs 1200 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 209204 | 115426 |
| GPU | 351594 | 77754 |
| Memory | 118044 | 66679 |
| UX | 130276 | 69173 |
| Total score | 809118 | 329032 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 82% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 56 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Score | 9524 | 639 |
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 2.2 GHz – Kryo 570 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 570 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3230MHz | 2200MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 32 MB | 512 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple GPU | Adreno 619 |
| Architecture | - | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Pipelines | 5 | 2 |
| Shading units | 640 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1280 | 256 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Hexagon 694 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2220 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 192MP, 2x 20MP |
| 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, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X52 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 1600 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | Up to 210 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2021 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Model number | APL1W07 | SM7225 |
| Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | Snapdragon 750G official site |