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53

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

58

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Apple A15 Bionic Chip

A15 Bionic Chip
Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs A15 Bionic Chip

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A15 Bionic Chip SoCs by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 37
A15 Bionic Chip 46
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 37
A15 Bionic Chip 47
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
A15 Bionic Chip 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 53
A15 Bionic Chip 58
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 A15 Bionic Chip
CPU 249768 209204
GPU 448381 351594
Memory 172528 118044
UX 166045 130276
Total score 1036722 809118
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 20% smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 28.13% better AnTuTu 9 score than A15 Bionic Chip (1,037 K vs 809 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than A15 Bionic Chip.

Pros of Apple A15 Bionic Chip

  • A15 Bionic Chip has 7.67% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (3230 vs 3000 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 50.00% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (1200 vs 800 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
A15 Bionic Chip 1743

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
A15 Bionic Chip 4844

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
A15 Bionic Chip 224.8

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
A15 Bionic Chip 43.1

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
A15 Bionic Chip 136.1

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
A15 Bionic Chip 104.9

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
A15 Bionic Chip 49.3

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
A15 Bionic Chip 5.64

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
A15 Bionic Chip 1270

3DMark

46%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
49%
A15 Bionic Chip
Stability 82%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

80%
Turbo Clock Speed

3230 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
     2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
    4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
  • L1 cache - 256 KB
  • L2 cache 1 MB 32 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - 15 Billion
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Apple GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 700 -
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz 1200 MHz
  • Execution units 3 5
  • Shading units 768 640
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 6 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10240 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2560 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3072 Mbps 3000 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
CPU
37%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A15 Bionic Chip

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

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A15 Bionic Chip?

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 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A15 Bionic Chip?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A15 Bionic Chip with a 50.00% higher GPU clock speed (1200 MHz vs 800 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A15 Bionic Chip?

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 smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A15 Bionic Chip?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with a 20% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 5 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A15 Bionic Chip?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with a 28.13% better score (1036722 vs 809118).