Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3230MHz Apple A15 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2000MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A15 Bionic 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7126 TFLOPS vs 0.4224 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 17GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3230MHz vs 2000MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 8nm)
Released 8 months late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 's Advantages
Lower TDP (3W vs 6W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
+251%
1290037
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
367439
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+233%
2333
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
699
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+215%
5741
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
1817
FP32 (float)
Apple A15 Bionic
+305%
1712
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
422
CPU
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver
3230 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
12 MB
L2 cache
-
5 nm
Process
8 nm
15
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
3 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 619
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
825 MHz
5
Execution units
2
128
Shading units
128
6
Max size
8
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.4224 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Snapdragon X51
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 800 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.0
Bluetooth
5.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2021
Announced
Jan 2021
Flagship
Class
Low end
APL1W07
Model number
SM4350
