Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU), manufactured by Apple using the 5 nm process, features 16 MB L2 and 32 MB L3 cache for everyday tasks.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, developed by Qualcomm with Oryon 2 architecture using the more advanced 3 nm process, has no cache specifications and targets demanding applications and gaming.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite surpasses the Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) in single-core and multi-core performance by over 30 and 70 percent, respectively. In gaming, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, with its Adreno 830 graphics unit and 77 GB/s memory bandwidth, is clearly superior to the A15 Bionic (Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores), 34 GB/s).

The 3 nm process of the Snapdragon 8 Elite also suggests better energy efficiency than the 5 nm A15 Bionic, although TDP values are missing. Since both CPUs are integrated into devices, no separate market prices exist for a direct price-performance evaluation. The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) offers solid, integrated performance for daily use.

However, for maximum demands, especially in gaming and computationally intensive applications, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite is the more convincing choice due to its higher computing and graphics performance.