Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Apple A15 Bionic
Across 12 measured categories, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 comes out ahead.
I put the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and the Apple A15 Bionic side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 runs the Adreno 825 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 8s Gen 4
7 advantages
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93% higher AnTuTu score
23.14 Lakhs vs 12.00 Lakhs
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19% faster Geekbench multi-core score
6,511 vs 5,457
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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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Higher GPU FLOPS
2355 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
3 advantages
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14% faster Geekbench single-core score
2,372 vs 2,073
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30 MHz higher CPU clock
3230 MHz vs 3200 MHz
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Larger L3 cache
32 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmark charts
AnTuTu v11 Total
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Specifications Comparison
Here is how the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 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 | Apirl 2025 | September 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Manufacturer | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Model Number | SM8735 | APL1W07 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4 3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720 |
2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance) 4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency) |
| Max Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 32 MB |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
| GPU Name | Adreno 825 | Apple A15 GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 1150 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 2355 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 4.1 | NVMe |
| Camera Support | 320 MP | 12 MP |
|---|---|---|
| Video Capture | 4K at 60 FPS | 4K at 60 FPS |
| Max Display Resolution | WQHD+ | 2732 x 2048 |
| Video Playback | 8K at 60 FPS | 4K at 60 FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 | 4.2 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.5 Gbps | 3.0 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou |
| Official page | Visit | - |
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Benchmark results
| Total | 23,14,089 | 12,00,314 |
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| CPU | 6,98,018 | 2,88,667 |
| GPU | 7,98,999 | 3,95,574 |
| Memory | 3,16,914 | 1,41,170 |
| UX | 5,00,158 | 3,74,903 |
| Single-Core | 2,073 | 2,372 |
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| Multi-Core | 6,511 | 5,457 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
| Category | Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | Apple A15 Bionic |
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