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Apple A8 vs Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 18 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 12 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 17 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
412
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
2,370
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 10 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
588
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
5,726
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 19 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
1,745
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 13 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
4,777
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8
Apple A8 10 %
Apple A8
136
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
1,370

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)Apple A15 (2)
ArchitectureA8A15
Technology20 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A8Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Typhoon
1.50 GHz
2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB16.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
GPU nameApple A8Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.53 GHz1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 12816 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory4 GB6 GB
Technology20 nm5 nm
Release dateQ3/2014Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

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Apple A8Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A8Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB6 GB
Memory channels11
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A8Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
TDP5 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A8Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2014Q3/2021
Release price
Documents

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

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Apple A8
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