Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A15 Bionic and Apple A14 Bionic
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
1299090
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU309916310050
GPU432105323143
Memory243964173777
UX313105288345
NanoReview Score12990901095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stability82 %69 %
Graphics Test56 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression203.3 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser124.4 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering143.5 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur22.2 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing60.2 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection130 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR169.9 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.93 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 3230 3100
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 15 billion 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A15 GPU Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1338 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 5 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 640 256
FLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS 11 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2021 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W07 APL1W01

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A15 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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