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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) vs Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 91 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 36 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
2,370
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
2,689
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
5,726
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
14,207
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
1,745
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
1,874
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
4,777
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
15,506
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
1,370
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (19 Core)
6,745
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
15.8 TOPS
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 GHz
15.8 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple A15 (2)Apple M2 (8)
ArchitectureA15M2
Technology5 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
SuccessorApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 612 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
8x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB36.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
GPU nameApple A15 (4 GPU Cores)Apple M2 Pro (19 Core)
GPU frequency1.34 GHz0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 512304 / 2432
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory6 GB32 GB
Technology5 nm5 nm
Release dateQ3/2021Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB32 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
TDP10 W40 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ3/2021Q1/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

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