Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Apple A15 Bionic
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
4610 MHz
3230 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
5 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
-
15
TDP
-
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Apple A15 GPU
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1338 MHz
Shading units
512
128
Execution units
-
5
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
2133 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
-
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Neural Engine
Max display resolution
-
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Download speed
-
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 3000 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Sep 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
APL1W07
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
1,290,037
Geekbench 6
3,834
2,333
Geekbench 6
12,396
5,741
FP32 (float)
3,686
1,712