Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Snapdragon 625

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Snapdragon 625
191

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Snapdragon 625
869

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 546

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 933 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 5 Adreno 506
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 5 1
Shaders 640 48
DirectX 11
OpenCL API 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 1900x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 4.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2016 Quarter 1
Partnumber APL1W07 MSM8953
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end