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58

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Apple A15 Bionic Chip

A15 Bionic Chip

65

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Overview - A15 Bionic Chip Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A15 Bionic Chip 46
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 58
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A15 Bionic Chip 47
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 50
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A15 Bionic Chip 82
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A15 Bionic Chip 58
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 65
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A15 Bionic Chip Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 209204 374214
GPU 351594 516258
Memory 118044 344248
UX 130276 259884
Total score 809118 1494604
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 7.67% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (3230 vs 3000 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 9.09% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (1200 vs 1100 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 1.57% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (4266 vs 4200 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 20% smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 84.72% better AnTuTu 9 score than A15 Bionic Chip (1,495 K vs 809 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than A15 Bionic Chip.
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 87.68% higher memory bandwidth than A15 Bionic Chip (64 vs 34.1 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 1743
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 4844
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

Image compression

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A15 Bionic Chip 224.8
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Face detection

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A15 Bionic Chip 43.1
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Speech recognition

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A15 Bionic Chip 136.1
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Machine learning

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A15 Bionic Chip 104.9
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Camera shooting

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A15 Bionic Chip 49.3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

HTML 5

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A15 Bionic Chip 5.64
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

SQLite

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A15 Bionic Chip 1270
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

3DMark

49%
A15 Bionic Chip
Stability 82%

Graphics test 56 FPS
58%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - QHD+ @ 144 Hz, 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+, HDR Vivid
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

80%
Turbo Clock Speed

3230 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
    4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
     1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 32 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 8 MB
  • Process 5 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 15 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple GPU Adreno 735
  • Architecture - Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 5 2
  • Shading units 640 768
  • FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 6 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 6500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3000 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, 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 8s Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU
58%
GPU
50%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 7.67% higher clock speed (3230 MHz vs 3000 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 9.09% higher GPU clock speed (1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 1.57% higher memory frequency (4266 MHz vs 4200 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 20% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 5 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A15 Bionic Chip and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 84.72% better score (1494604 vs 809118).