Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. 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 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 5 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million
TDP 6 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 5 Adreno 640
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 590 MHz
Execution units 5 4
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 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K
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 2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3 Gbps 0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W07 SM8150
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Snapdragon 855
518573

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Snapdragon 855
738

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Snapdragon 855
2593