Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c vs Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Apple A series
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c Apple A15
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  3 15
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A14 Bionic

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 6 / 6
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Kryo 490 Gold 2x Avalanche
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 490 Silver 4x Blizzard
• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 3.23 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.45 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 675 Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.59 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  7 160
• Shader
  672 1280
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  5 12
• Direct X
  12.0 --
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q3/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  4 1
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c and Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  7 W 8.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Kryo 490 A15
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q3/2021