Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Apple A15 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  15 1
• Predecessor
  Apple A14 Bionic Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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
  6 / 6 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Avalanche 1x Cortex-X2
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 3x Cortex-A710
• C-Core
  -- 4x Cortex-A510
• Frequency
  3.23 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.00 GHz
• 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
  Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) Qualcomm Adreno 730
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.84 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  160 --
• Shader
  1280 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 --
• Generation
  12 7
• Direct X
  -- 12.1
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2022

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR5-3200
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 4
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  --
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  --
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  A15 Kryo
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  -- SM8450