Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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 8s Gen 3 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
September 2021
March 2024
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W07
SM8650-AB
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3230 MHz
3000 MHz
Transistor count
15
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Adreno 735
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
Execution units
5
2
Shading units
128
786
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.3
DirectX version
-
12.1

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Wi-Fi
6
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
67 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
12 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 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon
TDP
6 W
6 W

Advantages

Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 67 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (September 2021 vs March 2024)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+42% 2333
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+44% 5741
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991

AnTuTu 10

Apple A15 Bionic
1302680
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
+43% 1865243

SiliconCat Rating

13
Ranks 13 among all SOC on our website
32
Ranks 32 among all SOC on our website
Apple A15 Bionic
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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