Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 782G 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 19.63% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 782G (3230 vs 2700 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 782G (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 782G (5 vs 6 nm).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 31.40 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 782G (809 K vs 616 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 782G.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports 100.59 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 782G ( 34.1 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 782G
  • Snapdragon 782G has -54.17 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 550 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 172419
GPU 351594 233993
Memory 118044 98521
UX 130276 110849
Total score 809118 615782

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% -
Graphics test 56 FPS -
Score 9524 -

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 2.7 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime core (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (also Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2700MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 32 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion 4.68 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Adreno 642L
Architecture - Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 550 MHz
Pipelines 5 -
Shading units 640 512
Total shaders 1280 1024
FLOPS - 906.58 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 17 Gbit/s
Max size 6 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution - 1x200 MP, 2x64 MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30 FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60 FPS
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 - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6/6E
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GLONASS, NavIC, Beidou, GPS, QZSS, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2021 November 2022
Class Flagship mid-range
Model number APL1W07 SM7325-AF
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Snapdragon 782G official site