Apple A15 Bionic vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
It is a close call, with both chips winning the same number of categories.
I put the Apple A15 Bionic and the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Apple A15 Bionic runs the Apple A15 GPU while the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 runs the Adreno 725. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.
Where each chip wins
Apple A15 Bionic
5 advantages
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86% faster Geekbench multi-core score
5,457 vs 2,933
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114% faster Geekbench single-core score
2,372 vs 1,109
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320 MHz higher CPU clock
3230 MHz vs 2910 MHz
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Larger L3 cache
32 MB vs 8 MB
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Higher GPU FLOPS
1712 GFLOPS vs 1187 GFLOPS
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
5 advantages
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8% higher AnTuTu score
13.01 Lakhs vs 12.00 Lakhs
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Newer CPU architecture
ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.5-A
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1 nm smaller semiconductor size
4 nm vs 5 nm
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Newer memory type
LPDDR5 vs LPDDR4X
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1,067 MHz higher RAM speed
3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz
Benchmark charts
AnTuTu v11 Total
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Specifications Comparison
Here is how the Apple A15 Bionic and the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.
| Launch Date | September 2021 | March 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Model Number | APL1W07 | SM7475-AB |
| Total Cores | 6 | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Configuration | 2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance) 4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency) |
1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex X2 3x 2.49 GHz - Cortex A710 4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510 |
| Max Frequency | 3230 MHz | 2910 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv9-A |
| Process Node | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| TDP | 6 W | 6 W |
| GPU Name | Apple A15 GPU | Adreno 725 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 1338 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 512 |
| FLOPS | 1712 GFLOPS | 1187 GFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | No | No |
| NPU | 16-core Apple Neural Engine | Hexagon NPU |
| API Support | Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 | Vulkan 1.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 6 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
| Camera Support | 12 MP | 200 MP |
|---|---|---|
| Video Capture | 4K at 60 FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Max Display Resolution | 2732 x 2048 | QHD+ |
| Video Playback | 4K at 60 FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, MP3, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Modem | Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 | Snapdragon X62 5G |
|---|---|---|
| Network Support | 5G | 5G |
| Download Speed | 7.5 Gbps | 4.4 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.0 Gbps | 1.6 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Official page | - | Visit |
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Benchmark results
| Total | 12,00,314 | 13,01,013 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2,88,667 | 5,23,400 |
| GPU | 3,95,574 | 1,66,577 |
| Memory | 1,41,170 | 2,34,879 |
| UX | 3,74,903 | 3,76,157 |
| Single-Core | 2,372 | 1,109 |
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| Multi-Core | 5,457 | 2,933 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
| Category | Apple A15 Bionic | Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 |
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