Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus vs Apple A15 Bionic

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Qualcomm
Apple
Launch Date
July 2020
September 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8250-AB
APL1W07
Architecture
1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Cores
8
6
Technology
7 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3100 MHz
3230 MHz
Transistor count
10.3
15
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.5-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Adreno 650
Apple A15 GPU
GPU frequency
670 MHz
1338 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
5
Shading units
512
128
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12.1
-

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
1 MB
12 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
NVMe
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
Neural Engine
TDP
5 W
6 W

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
Snapdragon 865 Plus
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2021 (July 2020 vs September 2021)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Snapdragon 865 Plus
1163
Apple A15 Bionic
+101% 2333
Multi Core
Snapdragon 865 Plus
3306
Apple A15 Bionic
+74% 5741

AnTuTu 10

Snapdragon 865 Plus
772548
Apple A15 Bionic
+69% 1302680

FP32 (float)

Snapdragon 865 Plus
1332
Apple A15 Bionic
+25% 1661

SiliconCat Rating

50
Ranks 50 among all SOC on our website
13
Ranks 13 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 865 Plus
Apple A15 Bionic

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