Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 vs Apple A15 Bionic
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2500MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 vs. 6 cores 3230MHz Apple A15 Bionic . 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 0.148 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3230MHz vs 2500MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 28nm)
Released 7 years and 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
126118
Apple A15 Bionic
+922%
1290037
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
148
Apple A15 Bionic
+1056%
1712
CPU
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
2500 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
4
Cores
6
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
2 MB
L2 cache
12 MB
28 nm
Process
5 nm
1
Transistor count
15
6 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 330
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
578 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
1
Execution units
5
128
Shading units
128
4
Max size
6
0.148 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
eMMC 5.0
Storage type
NVMe
2560 x 2048
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
1x 21MP
Max camera resolution
-
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 5
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 150 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.0
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Feb 2014
Announced
Sep 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
MSM8974 v3
Model number
APL1W07
