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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 70 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
1,176
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
2,370
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
3,244
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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
886
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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
3,295
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
4,777
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Qualcomm Adreno 650
1,250
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
1,370
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
902,020
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
1,076,520
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
668,494 pts
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
806,250 pts
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
15.0 TOPS
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
15.8 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 865/870 (3)Apple A15 (2)
ArchitectureKryo 585A15
Technology7 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 585 Prime
2.84 GHz
2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 585 Gold
2.42 GHz
4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 585 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.75 MB16.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 650Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.59 GHz1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 51216 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology7 nm5 nm
Release dateQ4/2019Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB6 GB
Memory channels41
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP10 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2019Q3/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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