Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,098,258 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A15 Bionic's 1,286,140 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

Apple A15 Bionic

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2021

Nov, 2025

CPU

Hexa Core

(3.23 GHz, Dual Core + 2.02 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3.8 GHz, Dual Core + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

5 nm

3 nm

GPU

Apple A15 GPU

Adreno 829

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,286,140

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3,098,258

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Geekbench Score

2,244/5,152

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2,889/9,583

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Apple A15 Bionic 1,286,140

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 3,098,258

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CPU

333,640

951,159

GPU

412,062

1,064,381

Memory

234,963

506,796

305,475

575,922

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A15 Bionic 2,244

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 2,889

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A15 Bionic 5,152

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

Qualcomm

Title

Apple A15 Bionic

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Model No

APL1W07

SM8845

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (3.23 GHz, Dual Core, Avalanche + 2.02 GHz, Quad core, Blizzard)

Octa core (3.8 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

5 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.5-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

256 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

12 MB

GPU

Apple A15 GPU

Adreno 829

GPU Clock speed

1.338 GHz

1.225 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

640

1024

FLOPS

1712.6 Gigaflops

2508.8 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.4

OpenCL Version

N/A

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.133 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

34.1 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

6 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

N/A

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A	Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

2732x2048

3840x2540

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

240 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X80

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3000 Mbps

Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.0

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, QZSS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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