A15 Bionic Chip Vs Snapdragon 778g
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Snapdragon 778g SoCs by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic Chip
- A15 Bionic Chip has 34.58% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (3230 vs 2400 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 144.90% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (1200 vs 490 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 latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 778g.
- A15 Bionic Chip Support 33.20% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 778g (34.1 vs 25.6 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 209204 | 161744 |
GPU | 351594 | 156423 |
Memory | 118044 | 90737 |
UX | 130276 | 131554 |
Total score | 809118 | 540458 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 224.8 Mpixels/s | 175.3 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 43.1 images/s | 25 images/s |
Speech recognition | 136.1 words/s | 41 words/s |
Machine learning | 104.9 images/s | 36.7 images/s |
Camera shooting | 49.3 images/s | 34.6 images/s |
HTML 5 | 5.64 Mnodes/s | 3.03 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 1270 Mnodes/s | 988.8 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
73%
Apple A1519%
SD 778GScore: 9524
Stability | 82% | 98% |
Graphics test | 56 FPS | 14 FPS |
Score | 9524 | 2468 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A15 Bionic Chip and Qualcomm Snapdragon 778GDisplay
Max On-Device Display | - | Up to FHD @ 144 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | 4K @ 60 Hz |
HDR | - | HDR10+, HDR10 |
Color Depth | - | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | - | Rec2020 |
CPU
85%
Apple A1563%
SD 778G
Processor Speed (Frequency)
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 | 2020 MHz | 1900 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3230 MHz | 2400 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.4-A |
L1 cache | 256 KB | - |
L2 cache | 32 MB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 5 nm | 6 nm |
Transistor count | 15 Billion | - |
TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple GPU | Adreno 642L |
Architecture | - | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 490 MHz |
Execution units | 5 | 2 |
Shading units | 640 | 384 |
FLOPS | - | 684 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 25.6 Gbit/s |
Max size | 6 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Hexagon 770 |
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
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | - | X53 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 2900 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | September 2021 | May 2021 |
Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
Model number | APL1W07 | SM7325 |
Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | Snapdragon 778g official site |