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
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
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
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
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 770
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 3.0, 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
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