Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 685. 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 685

276375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

2316

Snapdragon 685

373

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

5719

Snapdragon 685

1597

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard	4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 265 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 265 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	5 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	15000 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 5	Adreno 610
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1338 MHz	950 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	128
DirectX		12
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	2520x1080
Max camera resolution		1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@60fps
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	0.39 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS