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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) vs Apple A4

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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At a glance

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple A4
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple A15 (2)Apple A4 (1)
ArchitectureA15A4
Technology5 nm45 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple A4
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 61 / 1
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
1x Cortex-A8
0.80 - 1.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB0.51 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple A4
GPU nameApple A15 (4 GPU Cores)PowerVR SGX535
GPU frequency1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 5122 / 2
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology5 nm65nm
Release dateQ3/2021Q4/2007

NPU AI performance

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple A4
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple A4
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR2-800
Max. Memory6 GB
Memory channels11
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple A4
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple A4
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2021Q2/2010
Release price
Documents

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Apple A4
Apple A4
1C / 1T · 0.80 - 1.00 GHz

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