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