Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3230MHz Apple A15 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2630MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A15 Bionic 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3230MHz vs 2630MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 's Advantages
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Released 2 years and 2 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
+48%
1290037
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
866863
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3230 MHz
Frequency
2630 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
12 MB
L2 cache
-
-
L3 cache
0
5 nm
Process
4 nm
15
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 720
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
5
Execution units
-
128
Shading units
-
6
Max size
16
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
-
-
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Yes
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Snapdragon X63
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2021
Announced
Nov 2023
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1W07
Model number
SM7550-AB
