Processor Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU), specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

• Family
  Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple A15
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  15
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• CPU Cores / Threads
  6 / 6
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Avalanche
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard
• C-Core
  --
• Frequency
  3.23 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo
• Turbo (6 Cores)
  No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  128
• Shader
  1024
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  12
• Direct X
  --
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

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

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP up
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  --
• Architecture
  A15
• Technology
  5 nm
• Virtualization
  None
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2021
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  111 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  539 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  265 place
• Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
  102 place