Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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Based on benchmark performance, Apple A15 Bionic achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 1,286,140 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1's 993,826 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Apple A15 Bionic the more powerful processor.

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2021
Dec, 2021

CPU

Hexa Core
(3.23 GHz, Dual Core + 2.02 GHz, Quad core)
Octa core
(3 GHz, Single Core + 2.5 GHz, Tri core + 1.8 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

5 nm
4 nm

GPU

Apple A15 GPU
Adreno 730

Memory Type

LPDDR4X
LPDDR5

AnTuTu Score

1,286,140
993,826

Geekbench Score

2,244/5,152
1,225/3,613

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)
AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios
Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic 1,286,140
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 993,826
CPU
333,640
221,657
GPU
412,062
438,314
Memory
234,963
163,249
UX
305,475
170,606
Geekbench (The higher, the better)
The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Geekbench Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic 2,244
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1,225
Geekbench Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic 5,152
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3,613

Benchmark Screenshots

AnTuTu Score:

General

SoC Brand

Apple
Qualcomm

Title

Apple A15 Bionic
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Model No

APL1W07
SM8450

Manufacturing

TSMC
Samsung

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core
Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (3.23 GHz, Dual Core, Avalanche + 2.02 GHz, Quad core, Blizzard)
Octa core (3 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X2 + 2.5 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A710 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A510)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Process Node

5 nm
4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A

L1 Cache

256 KB
N/A

L2 Cache

12 MB
1 MB

L3 Cache

N/A
6 MB

GPU

GPU

Apple A15 GPU
Adreno 730

GPU Clock speed

1.338 GHz
818 MHz

Pipelines

5
2

Shading Units

128
512

Total Shaders

640
1024

FLOPS

1712.6 Gigaflops
1675.3 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A
1.1

OpenCL Version

N/A
2.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A
ES 3.2

DirectX Version

N/A
12.1

AI

NPU

Neural Engine
Hexagon

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR4X
LPDDR5

Memory Speed

2.133 GHz
3.2 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit
4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

34.1 Gb/s
51.2 Gb/s

Memory Max size

6 GB
24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe
UFS 3.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

N/A
200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS
8K @ 30 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

2732x2048
UHD

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS
8K @ 30 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A
Snapdragon X65

5G Support

Yes
Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 3670 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

6
6

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, g, n, n 5GHz
ax

Bluetooth Version

5.0
5.3

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, QZSS
BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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