Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. 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
4x 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold)
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 5 nm 10 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million 3000 million
TDP 6 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 682

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 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 5 Adreno 540
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 500
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 740 MHz
Execution units 5 2
Shaders 640 384
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 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 1 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2017 Quarter 1
Partnumber APL1W07 MSM8998, 8998, MSM8098, 8098
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Snapdragon 835
308375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Snapdragon 835
383

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Snapdragon 835
1694