Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple A15 Bionic
Across 12 measured categories, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 comes out ahead.
I put the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the Apple A15 Bionic side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 runs the Adreno 750 while the Apple A15 Bionic runs the Apple A15 GPU. 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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
8 advantages
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97% higher AnTuTu score
23.68 Lakhs vs 12.00 Lakhs
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21% faster Geekbench multi-core score
6,626 vs 5,457
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170 MHz higher CPU clock
3400 MHz vs 3230 MHz
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Newer CPU architecture
ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.5-A
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1 nm smaller semiconductor size
TSMC 4 nm vs 5 nm
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Higher GPU FLOPS
3584 GFLOPS vs 1712 GFLOPS
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Newer memory type
LPDDR5X vs LPDDR4X
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2,667 MHz higher RAM speed
4800 MHz vs 2133 MHz
Apple A15 Bionic
2 advantages
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10% faster Geekbench single-core score
2,372 vs 2,162
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Larger L3 cache
32 MB vs 12 MB
Benchmark charts
AnTuTu v11 Total
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Specifications Comparison
Here is how the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the Apple A15 Bionic compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.
| Launch Date | October 2023 | September 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Manufacturer | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Model Number | SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC | APL1W07 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4 3x 3.15 GHz - Cortex A720 2x 2.96 GHz - Cortex A720 2x 2.27 GHz - Cortex A520 |
2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance) 4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency) |
| Max Frequency | 3400 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| Process Node | TSMC 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L2 Cache | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| TDP | 8 W | 6 W |
| GPU Name | Adreno 750 | Apple A15 GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 903 MHz - 1000 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 3584 GFLOPS | 1712 GFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | No |
| NPU | Hexagon NPU | 16-core Apple Neural Engine |
| API Support | Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 | Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Frequency | 4800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 4x16-bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 34.1 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Camera Support | 200 MP | 12 MP |
|---|---|---|
| Video Capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS | 4K at 60 FPS |
| Max Display Resolution | 4K | 2732 x 2048 |
| Video Playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60 FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, MP3, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 5G | Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 |
|---|---|---|
| Network Support | 5G | 5G |
| Download Speed | 10 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 3.5 Gbps | 3.0 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou |
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Benchmark results
| Total | 23,68,420 | 12,00,314 |
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| CPU | 6,52,232 | 2,88,667 |
| GPU | 8,24,065 | 3,95,574 |
| Memory | 3,30,935 | 1,41,170 |
| UX | 5,61,188 | 3,74,903 |
| Single-Core | 2,162 | 2,372 |
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| Multi-Core | 6,626 | 5,457 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
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