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58

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Apple A15 Bionic Chip

A15 Bionic Chip

49

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Snapdragon 888
Overview - A15 Bionic Chip Vs Snapdragon 888

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Snapdragon 888 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A15 Bionic Chip 46
Snapdragon 888 35
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A15 Bionic Chip 47
Snapdragon 888 30
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A15 Bionic Chip 82
Snapdragon 888 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A15 Bionic Chip 58
Snapdragon 888 49
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A15 Bionic Chip Snapdragon 888
CPU 209204 211734
GPU 351594 306250
Memory 118044 133870
UX 130276 156641
Total score 809118 808495
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A15 Bionic Chip

  • A15 Bionic Chip has 13.73% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (3230 vs 2840 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 42.86% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (1200 vs 840 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 0.08% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 (809 K vs 808 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888.

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

  • Snapdragon 888 Support 50.15% higher memory bandwidth than A15 Bionic Chip (51.2 vs 34.1 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 1743
Snapdragon 888 1126

Multi-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 4844
Snapdragon 888 3681

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A15 Bionic Chip 224.8
Snapdragon 888 177.1

Face detection

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A15 Bionic Chip 43.1
Snapdragon 888 26.5

Speech recognition

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A15 Bionic Chip 136.1
Snapdragon 888 67.7

Machine learning

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A15 Bionic Chip 104.9
Snapdragon 888 59.9

Camera shooting

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A15 Bionic Chip 49.3
Snapdragon 888 37.5

HTML 5

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A15 Bionic Chip 5.64
Snapdragon 888 3.96

SQLite

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A15 Bionic Chip 1270
Snapdragon 888 1060

3DMark

49%
A15 Bionic Chip
Stability 82%

Graphics test 56 FPS
26%
Snapdragon 888
Stability 91%

Graphics test 30 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

80%
Turbo Clock Speed

3230 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2840 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
    4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
     1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
  • L2 cache 32 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 5 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 15 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple GPU Adreno 660
  • Architecture - Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 1200 MHz 840 MHz
  • Execution units 5 2
  • Shading units 640 512
  • FLOPS - 1720 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.1
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 6 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 780
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X60
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - 2500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3000 Mbps 3000 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - 316 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A15 Bionic Chip

Apple A15 Bionic Chip
CPU
46%
GPU
47%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU
35%
GPU
30%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 888?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 13.73% higher clock speed (3230 MHz vs 2840 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 888?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 42.86% higher GPU clock speed (1200 MHz vs 840 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 888?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 33.31% higher memory frequency (4266 MHz vs 3200 MHz).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 888?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 0.08% better score (809118 vs 808495).