Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 0.94% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (3230 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 1.57% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4266 vs 4200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 ( 34.1 vs MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -18.33 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 980 vs 1200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip ( 4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 57.80 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A15 Bionic Chip ( 1277 K vs 809 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than A15 Bionic Chip .

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 270867
GPU 351594 567801
Memory 118044 239879
UX 130276 198202
Total score 809118 1276749

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 81 FPS
Score 9524 12967

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 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 3200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Adreno 740
Architecture - Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 980 MHz
Pipelines 5 -
Shading units 640 -
Total shaders 1280 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.3
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s -
Max size 6 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution - 1 x 200 MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 - Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2021 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W07 SM8550-AB
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site