Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) vs Apple A14 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A15 Apple A14
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  15 14
• Predecessor
  Apple A14 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A15 Bionic

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

• A-Core
  2x Avalanche 2x Firestorm
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 4x Icestorm
• Base Frequency
  3.23 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  6 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• Execution units
  160 4
• Generation
  12 11
• GPU Frequency
  600 MHz 1800 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) Apple A14
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 3010 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q3/2020
• Shader
  1280 0
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A14 Bionic and Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) and Apple A14 Bionic 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 7 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) and Apple A14 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A15 A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  16 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q3/2020
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None