Apple A15 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Samsung Exynos 9820. 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
2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M4
2x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A75
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 5 Mali-G76 MP12
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 5 12
Shaders 640 192
OpenCL API 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 3840x2400
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@30fps
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 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W07 S5E9820
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Exynos 9820
638571

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Exynos 9820
730

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Exynos 9820
2305