Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 662. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple A15 Qualcomm Snapdragon 662/665
• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  15 7
• Predecessor
  Apple A14 Bionic -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Avalanche 4x Kryo 260 Gold
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 4x Kryo 260 Silver
• Base Frequency
  3.23 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 1.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12.1
• Execution units
  5 0
• Generation
  12 6
• GPU Frequency
  1800 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) Qualcomm Adreno 610
• GPU Turbo
  3200 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q2/2019
• Shader
  0 128
• Technology
  5 nm 11 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 and Apple A15 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1866

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  8.5 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 662, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A15 Kryo 260
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• Part Number
  - SM6115
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2020
• Technology
  5 nm 11 nm
• Virtualization
  None None