Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660. 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
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GeekBench 6 Single-Core
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GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
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CPU cores and architecture
| Architecture | 2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 260 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 260 Silver) |
| Number of cores | 6 | 8 |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8-A |
| Lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Number of transistors | 15000 million | |
| TDP | 6 Watt | 5 Watt |
| Neural Processing | NPU | Qualcomm Hexagon 680 |
Memory (RAM)
| Max amount | up to 6 GB | up to 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Memory-bus | 4x16 bit | 2x16 bit |
Storage
| Storage specification | NVMe | UFS 2.1 |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple gen. 5 | Adreno 512 |
| GPU Architecture | Apple GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 1338 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Execution units | 5 | 1 |
| Shaders | 640 | 128 |
| DirectX | 12 | |
| OpenCL API | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL API | ES 3.2 | |
| Vulkan API | 1.1 |
Camera, Video, Display
| Max screen resolution | 2732x2048 | 2560x1600 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 25MP, 2x 16MP | |
| Max Video Capture | 4K@60fps | 4K@30fps |
| Video codec support | H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9 |
H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9 |
Wireless
| 4G network | Yes | Yes |
| 5G network | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download Speed | 7.5 Gbps | 0.6 Gbps |
| Peak Upload Speed | 3 Gbps | 0.15 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 (802.11ax) | 5 (802.11ac) |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS |
Supplemental Information
| Launch Date | 2021 Quarter 3 | 2017 Quarter 2 |
| Partnumber | APL1W07 | SDM660 |
| Vertical Segment | Mobiles | Mobiles |
| Positioning | Flagship | Mid-end |
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