Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A15 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
September 2021
March 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Mid range
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W07
SM7475-AB
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3230 MHz
2910 MHz
Transistor count
15
10.2
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Adreno 725
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
580 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3360 x 1600
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
Execution units
5
2
Shading units
128
768
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12.1

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
25.6 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
12 MB
2 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
TDP
6 W
6 W

Advantages

Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 34.1 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 25.6 Gbit/s)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2023 (September 2021 vs March 2023)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+37% 2333
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1699
Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+30% 5741
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4419

AnTuTu 10

Apple A15 Bionic
+14% 1302680
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1146404

FP32 (float)

Apple A15 Bionic
1661
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+8% 1799

SiliconCat Rating

13
Ranks 13 among all SOC on our website
27
Ranks 27 among all SOC on our website
Apple A15 Bionic
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

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