Apple A15 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

Let's find out which one of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Apple A15 Bionic is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Apple A15 Bionic
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Apple A series
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 Apple A15
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 15
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A14 Bionic
• Successor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 --

In this block we are going to compare Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Apple A15 Bionic by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No No

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Apple A15 Bionic along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 640 Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz 1.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.68 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Execution units
  4 5
• Shader
  384 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  5 12
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q3/2021

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Apple A15 Bionic. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Apple A15 Bionic you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  4 (Quad Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus or Apple A15 Bionic? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Apple A15 Bionic CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Kryo 485 A15
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  SM8150-AC --