Apple A15 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 8890

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Samsung Exynos 8890. 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 2.3 GHz – Exynos M1
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 5 Mali-T880 MP12
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Midgard
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 5 12
Shaders 640 192
DirectX 11.1
OpenCL API 1.2
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 3840x2400
Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth 5.0 4.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2016 Quarter 1
Partnumber APL1W07 SGA8890A
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Exynos 8890
224856

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Exynos 8890
318

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Exynos 8890
881