Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Snapdragon 778g SoCs, developed by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 6-core and 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and 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 778g (3230 vs 2400 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 778g (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 778g (5 vs 6 nm).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 49.71 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 778g (809 K vs 540 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 778g.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports 33.20 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 778g ( 34.1 vs 25.6 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 778g
  • Snapdragon 778g has -59.17 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 490 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 161744
GPU 351594 156423
Memory 118044 90737
UX 130276 131554
Total score 809118 540458

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% 98%
Graphics test 56 FPS 14 FPS
Score 9524 2468

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 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB 2 MB
L3 cache - -
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Adreno 642L
Architecture - Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 490 MHz
Pipelines 5 2
Shading units 640 384
Total shaders 1280 768
FLOPS - 684 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 770

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 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution - 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP
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 - X53
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
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 2900 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, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2021 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number APL1W07 SM7325
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Snapdragon 778g official site