Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. 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 3.20 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 585 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 | 10 Watt |
Neural Processing | NPU | Qualcomm Hexagon 698 |
Memory (RAM)
Max amount | up to 6 GB | up to 16 GB |
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2750 MHz |
Memory-bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
Storage
Storage specification | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple gen. 5 | Adreno 650 |
GPU Architecture | Apple GPU | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 1338 MHz | 670 MHz |
Execution units | 5 | 2 |
Shaders | 640 | 512 |
DirectX | 12 | |
OpenCL API | 2.0 | |
OpenGL API | ES 3.2 | |
Vulkan API | 1.1 |
Camera, Video, Display
Max screen resolution | 2732x2048 | 3840x2160@60Hz |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | |
Max Video Capture | 4K@60fps | 8K@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 | 7.5 Gbps |
Peak Upload Speed | 3 Gbps | 3 Gbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 (802.11ax) | 6 (802.11ax) |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS SBAS |
Supplemental Information
Launch Date | 2021 Quarter 3 | 2021 Quarter 1 |
Partnumber | APL1W07 | SM8250-AC |
Vertical Segment | Mobiles | Mobiles |
Positioning | Flagship | Flagship |
AnTuTu 10
Total Score
GeekBench 6 Single-Core
Score
GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
Score
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