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Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Samsung Exynos 1380

A15 Bionic Chip
VS
Exynos 1380
A15 Bionic Chip
Exynos 1380

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released A15 Bionic Chip versus Exynos 1380 SoCs, brought to you by Apple and Samsung respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8 -core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed 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 Exynos 1380 (3230 vs 2400 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1380 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 54.74 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1380 (809 K vs 523 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1380.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1380 ( 34.1 vs MHz).
Pros of Exynos 1380
  • Exynos 1380 has -20.83 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 950 vs 1200 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A15 Bionic Chip
vs
Exynos 1380

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 209204 151675
GPU 351594 135413
Memory 118044 110932
UX 130276 124860
Total score 809118 522880

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		 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Mali-G68 MP5
Architecture - Valhall 2
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 5 5
Shading units 640 -
Total shaders 1280 -
FLOPS - 608 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s -
Max size 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution - 1x 200MP
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
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2021 February 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W07 S5E8835
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Exynos 1380 official site