Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 (Kryo Prime)
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold)
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold)
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
Lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million
TDP 6 Watt 6.3 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 5 Adreno 740
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 680 MHz
Execution units 5
Shaders 640
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3 Gbps 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2022 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W07 SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC1
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1279057

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1479

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
4952