Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Apple A15
Family
Apple A series
Generation
15
Name
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Predecessor
—
Segment
Mobile
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
—
Execution units
128
Generation
12
GPU Frequency
600 MHz
GPU name
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU Turbo
No turbo
Max. displays
3
Max. GPU Memory
8 GB
Release date
Q3/2021
Shader
1024
Technology
5 nm

Hardware codec support

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

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
8 GB
Memory channels
1
Memory type
LPDDR4X-4266
PCIe
—

Encryption

AES-NI
No

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
8.5 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

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

Positions in all rankings

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

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

82 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

374 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

240 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1732

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

1754

Intel Core i9-12900H

1754

Intel Core i9-12900HK

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively