Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 765G SoCs, from Apple and Qualcomm respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 6-core and 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

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 765G (3230 vs 2400 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 765G (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 765G (5 vs 7 nm).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 147.60 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 765G (809 K vs 327 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 765G.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports 100.59 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 765G ( 34.1 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 765G
  • Snapdragon 765G has -37.50 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 750 vs 1200 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 103525
GPU 351594 93952
Memory 118044 65499
UX 130276 63810
Total score 809118 326786

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 10 FPS
Score 9524 1686

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 – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)
1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Adreno 620
Architecture - Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 750 MHz
Pipelines 5 3
Shading units 640 192
Total shaders 1280 384
FLOPS - 576 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 696

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 eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3200 x 1800
Max camera resolution - 1x 192MP
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+ AAC, 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 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2021 December 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W07 SM7250-AB
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Snapdragon 765G official site