Apple A15 Bionic vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Across 12 measured categories, the Apple A15 Bionic comes out ahead.
I put the Apple A15 Bionic and the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Apple A15 Bionic runs the Apple A15 GPU while the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 runs the Adreno 810. 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
6 advantages
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14% higher AnTuTu score
12.00 Lakhs vs 10.49 Lakhs
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76% faster Geekbench multi-core score
5,457 vs 3,096
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106% faster Geekbench single-core score
2,372 vs 1,152
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730 MHz higher CPU clock
3230 MHz vs 2500 MHz
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Larger L3 cache
32 MB vs 2 MB
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Higher GPU FLOPS
1712 GFLOPS vs 537.6 GFLOPS
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
4 advantages
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Newer CPU architecture
ARMv9.2-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 7s Gen 3 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.
| Launch Date | September 2021 | August 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Model Number | APL1W07 | SM7635 |
| Total Cores | 6 | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Configuration | 2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance) 4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency) |
1x 2.5GHz - Cortex-A720 3x 2.4GHz - Cortex-A720 4x 1.8GHz - Cortex-A520 |
| Max Frequency | 3230 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| Process Node | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 2 MB |
| TDP | 6 W | 7 W |
| GPU Name | Apple A15 GPU | Adreno 810 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 1338 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1712 GFLOPS | 537.6 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 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16-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 30 FPS, 1080p at 120 FPS |
| Max Display Resolution | 2732 x 2048 | Full HD+ |
| Video Playback | 4K at 60 FPS | 4K at 30 FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes | H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, HEIF/HEIC |
| 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 | - |
|---|---|---|
| Network Support | 5G | 5G |
| Download Speed | 7.5 Gbps | 2.9 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.0 Gbps | 1.6 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| 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 | 10,49,495 |
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| CPU | 2,88,667 | 4,11,040 |
| GPU | 3,95,574 | 1,79,303 |
| Memory | 1,41,170 | 1,79,879 |
| UX | 3,74,903 | 2,79,273 |
| Single-Core | 2,372 | 1,152 |
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| Multi-Core | 5,457 | 3,096 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
| Category | Apple A15 Bionic | Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 |
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