Apple A15 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 980
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3230MHz Apple A15 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 980 . 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 0.2621 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (3230MHz vs 2200MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 8nm)
Lower TDP (6W vs 9W)
Released 2 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
+197%
1290037
Samsung Exynos 980
433794
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+168%
2333
Samsung Exynos 980
869
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+207%
5741
Samsung Exynos 980
1867
FP32 (float)
Apple A15 Bionic
+553%
1.712 TFLOPS
Samsung Exynos 980
0.262 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
3230 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
12 MB
L2 cache
-
-
-
-
5 nm
Process
8 nm
15
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
9 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP5
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
728 MHz
5
Execution units
5
128
Shading units
36
6
Max size
8
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2621 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
-
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
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
Exynos 5123
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 3550 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1380 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.0
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2021
Announced
Sep 2019
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1W07
Model number
S5E9630
