A15 Bionic vs A11 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A15 Bionic (with Apple A15 GPU graphics) and A11 Bionic (Apple GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Announced 4-years and 1-month later
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 10 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 9 score – 803K vs 397K
- 35% higher CPU clock speed (3230 vs 2390 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 210809 | 126597 |
| GPU | 324750 | 122199 |
| Memory | 134620 | 65581 |
| UX | 133782 | 84287 |
| Total score | 803097 | 397402 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 224.8 Mpixels/s | 122.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 43.1 images/s | 21.6 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 136.1 words/s | 35.8 words/s |
| Machine learning | 104.9 images/s | 39.5 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 49.3 images/s | 21 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 5.64 Mnodes/s | 3.15 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 1270 Krows/s | 767.9 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 79% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 52 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Score | 8722 | 3422 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic and A11 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon 4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3230 MHz | 2390 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15 billion | 4.3 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A15 GPU | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 5 | 3 |
| Shading units | 640 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 325 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Apple M10 |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2436 x 1125 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2021 | September 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W07 | APL1W72 |
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