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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) vs Apple A5

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Rank 2 - 28 %
Apple A5
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Rank 2 - 5 %
Apple A5
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
5,726
Apple A5
Apple A5 5 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
267
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
1,745
Apple A5
Apple A5 28 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
496
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
1,713
Apple A5
Apple A5 1 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
13

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Apple A5
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple A15 (2)Apple A5/A5X (2)
ArchitectureA15A5
Technology5 nm32 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A14 Bionic
SuccessorApple A16 BionicApple A6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Apple A5
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 62 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
2x Cortex-A9
1.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB1.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Apple A5
GPU nameApple A15 (5 GPU Cores)PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
GPU frequency1.34 GHz0.20 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 6404 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology5 nm32 nm
Release dateQ3/2021Q1/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Apple A5
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Apple A5
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB1 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Apple A5
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Apple A5
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2021Q1/2011
Release price
Documents

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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Apple A5
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz

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