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A15 Bionic vs A14 Bionic

A15 Bionic
VS
A14 Bionic
A15 Bionic
A14 Bionic

We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A15 Bionic (with Apple A15 GPU graphics) and A14 Bionic (Apple A14 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (37)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
  • Performs 2.6x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 7%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1413K vs 1326K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
A15 Bionic
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A14 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A15 Bionic +7%
1413275
A14 Bionic
1326975
CPU 410975 364692
GPU 370837 311592
Memory 164151 180518
UX 467312 470169
Total score 1413275 1326975
Samples [69 tests] [55 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A15 Bionic +11%
2315
A14 Bionic
2095
Multi-Core Score
A15 Bionic +9%
5753
A14 Bionic
5297
Asset compression 208.1 MB/sec 182.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 122.9 pages/sec 110.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 139.1 Mpixels/sec 123.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 125.1 images/sec 104.9 images/sec
HDR 179.4 Mpixels/sec 164.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 22.3 images/sec 19.1 images/sec
Photo processing 53.2 images/sec 50.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.26 Mpixels/sec 5.36 Mpixels/sec
Samples 37 tests 22 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A15 Bionic +21%
20400
A14 Bionic
16822
Background blur 35.4 images/sec 27.6 images/sec
Face detection 44.8 images/sec 35.2 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.82 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.84 Gpixels/sec 0.83 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 71.1 Gpixels/sec 50.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2198.2 FPS 1772.1 FPS
API Metal Metal
Samples 19 tests 17 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Solar Bay
A15 Bionic +36%
3765
A14 Bionic
2767
Score 3765 2767
Stability 71% 85%
Graphics test 14 FPS 11 FPS
Section 1 19 FPS 13 FPS
Section 2 14 FPS 10 FPS
Section 3 9 FPS 8 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
A15 Bionic +28%
2854
A14 Bionic
2229
Score 2854 2229
Stability 76% 86%
Graphics test 17 FPS 13 FPS

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple A15 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2168 / 4988
📘 2026-09-23 -> HotPowerAnTuTu 111184759
📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 GPU21284
📘 2026-09-19 (Vova)AnTuTu 111297615
📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 CPU2423 / 5985
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Apple A14 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 (kudryash)AnTuTu 111196958
📘 2026-08-04 (Stelle)AnTuTu 111288870
📘 2026-06-30 (Kirious)AnTuTu 111251875
📘 2026-06-30 (Kirious)AnTuTu 111251875
📘 2026-06-29 (Kirillkryt)AnTuTu 111284629
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic and A14 Bionic

CPU

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

Graphics

GPU name Apple A15 GPU Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 1278 MHz
Pipelines 5 4
Shading units 128 64
Total shaders 640 256
FLOPS 1712.6 Gigaflops 654.3 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 15.8 TOPS 11 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 6 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe NVMe
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2732 x 2048
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
- 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 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2021 September 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W07 APL1W01
Successor - Apple A19 Pro - Apple A19 Pro

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bob March 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
is the a15 still a good deal in 2026?
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Mohit September 30, 2024 at 07:13 PM
Hi , I would like to say A14 bionic is most crappy processer in the history of Mobility , it can be compared to exynos 990 which used to throttle in 5 minutes of heavy task. I am using Iphone 12 256GB since last 3 years, it has some weird heating issues after ios 16.4 and even in 18 its not stablized. I replaced my battery last year from Service center and now also it sucks in backup. Believe me A14 bionic is a crap dont go for it atleast go for A16 bionic in 2024 as A15 is also slowed down by Apple. I hope my advice will impact your buying decision
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Erixploit March 9, 2022 at 01:18 PM
I came from android to iPhone, not because I liked it, I had no other choice, I was waiting for Sony Xperia 1 III but the supply chain of sony sucks and I needed a phone so I picked iPhone 13. This was my first experience with apple's Product ever, at first I was so unhappy with my choice and I almost regret why I chose apple, but after a few days working I started to like the phone. But I still have tons of problems with it which I don't like about the phone, It's OS is so restricted, you cannot find applications you used to work with android on apple ( I'm a developer so you may say they are available but in my case, they are not) and I think apple bullies users to what they should use or what they should not!! I think Apple does not accept that as a consumer I paid for this phone and it's mine so you cannot decide what type of applications I want to use and I should not be bullied about it. and the missing charger sucks!!
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Chancey March 14, 2022 at 05:25 AM
Samsung, Motorola, Oppo, Oneplus... None of these companies had an alternative to the Sony you wanted? Disbelief.
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Damagedfruit July 24, 2023 at 07:28 PM
I agree! I started with a Blackberry and am used to calling the shots. When BB backed out of the phone market, I had a Samsung note for years and was still able to do what I wanted with my phone. I caved to pressure to get an iPhone 3 years ago and am still unhappy with many aspects of it.
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Habanero January 2, 2022 at 10:53 PM
Why don’t android make its own chips and source software instead of imitating apple to prove is better? I had used both and I’m sorry but I need a phone to work all the time and apple it’s better at that … my current apple phone hasn’t needed a reset in almost a year ….. never got anywhere near that in an android… and the problem always show up when you need it the most ….
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Chilli December 25, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Google tensor g4 is made by android (Google)
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kem February 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Chilli, it's made by samsung bud also Samsung chip nowhere near tsmc it suffers overheating due to poor quality
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Aditya November 19, 2021 at 08:24 PM
The 4 core gpu version on the a15 has about the same gpu performance as the gpu on the a14
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Joseph May 12, 2023 at 08:01 AM
No it’s not. The 4 core in a15 is much better than a14 and apple still use a15 in 14 but with 5cores just to be different than the 15 4 cores .
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1+1=2 November 1, 2021 at 04:26 AM
This is testing the 5 core version of the a15 gpu. Which is only on the pro and pro max. If you were testing the normal 13 and 13 mini, then its safe to say that Qualcomm gpu would be better.
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David November 4, 2021 at 07:33 AM
Wowo，Qualcomm 888 and 888+ Chips are the best heater in the winter, hope you feel warm all day!
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Quadratic January 2, 2022 at 05:06 PM
David, Androids are some of the best hand warmers in the winter!
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Guest User 8026 September 20, 2021 at 01:53 PM
It’s not released yet, where did they get the result?!!
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Guest User 8134 September 25, 2021 at 07:28 PM
I got the mini gen6. I instantly regret it. I want a more reliable chip than 2 Mhz more speed. And A10” display. Don’t believe the hype. Go for what you need vs. what is better. Very marginal differences here.
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nonenone September 19, 2021 at 08:38 PM
Wait what about 50% better gpu thing? Fake?
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Boku September 19, 2021 at 09:46 PM
Better than A12 or competition, but not than A14.
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UNKNOWN19 September 24, 2021 at 12:41 PM
They have told 50% faster from the leading competition not from bionic A14
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1+1=2 November 5, 2021 at 11:49 PM
UNKNOWN19, Its nowhere near 50% faster in reality its more like 1% faster gpu https://nanoreview.net/en/soc-compare/qualcomm-snapdragon-888-plus-vs-apple-a15-bionic
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baka mitai January 27, 2022 at 06:28 PM
1+1=2, Imagine trying this hard to shill a company when they have a clearly inferior product. How do those boots taste?
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Paul February 1, 2022 at 01:58 PM
1+1=2, Does it really matter when they’re so ahead of the competition?
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Craig September 19, 2021 at 12:20 PM
yet many iPhone users who buy the 13/13 Mini or Pro/Max will most likely be more than happy with the performance... how many Android users have most likely been irked by some sort of problem, most likely a much higher %.. Why can't people just accept on any side of the river people enjoy the product and that's good enough?
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Guest User 3518 September 19, 2021 at 01:30 PM
Most of android problems are found in midrange or below and they don't get the care and treatment of a flagship iPhone 13 series are apple highest end series(currently) so they will obviously have better care(most apple products are released as flagship so there won't be much errors) You want people to accept their sides and keep quiet but you are comparing apple error to android errors Pretty ironic (or I might have misread your last point) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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MrNiceGuy September 22, 2021 at 05:39 PM
Guest User 3518, Well, I think Craig is right. There is most likely a larger proportion of dissatisfied Android users than Apple users. ALSO in the flagship segment and especially when it comes to performance. How many Apple users complain about that the performance is subpar? Furthermore, I also think that Craig is right that people should enjoy their products (as long as they are satisfied, right!?). That's my interpretation of his statement.
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Guest User 3518 September 23, 2021 at 08:45 AM
MrNiceGuy, Large proportion of android users are unsatisfied cause androids comes in all price range (There are more Android users too) And especially the mid-low Some Mid-low range phones comes with better specs with the sacrifice of build and other stuffs On the other hand apple usually release flagships and they are built excellent unlike those mid-low range androids And in flagship some apple users complain A lot of users believed that a13 GPU was better than A14 GPU Also some users complained about how a14 throttle For the last statement He stated that people should just enjoy their stuffs on their own But he also stated that androids comes with more error over apple This makes no sense and it feels ironic af
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MrNiceGuy September 23, 2021 at 05:23 PM
Guest User 3518, My strong guess is still that when IPhone users are compared to the android flagship users (leaving out all users of android low/mid-rangers), that the proportion of dissatisfied users is larger for the flagship android users. Perhaps some think that A13 is better than A14 because of the thermal throttling. Nevertheless, compare the thermal throttling of the A14 with the SD888 or the Exynos counterpart. What are the results of such a comparison.... I believe you already know? More comparisons can be made, for example A13 in comparison with SD865 and Exynos 990. Sure the SD865 was a good SOC, but still the A13 beat it with a good margin. And the Exynos 990 was just simple trash. The statement: 'Apple users will most likely be more than happy with the performance', is most likely true. And especially when compared to the performance of the android flagship counterparts.
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Guest user 3518 September 27, 2021 at 04:49 AM
MrNiceGuy, Nah Most iphone user state android are bad at the same time they point towards midrange below Flagships android comes with superior build quality with better featured and has even proven in breakdowns For A14 vs 888 vs 2100 2100 is just bad So a14 vs 888 Both are great processor and can handle any apps easily But on higher demanding apps(genshin) a14 throttle faster than 888 And in some cases(legion phone) 888 outclass in genshin(source golden reviewer yt) For A13 vs 865(Exynos is bad here too) Paper scores are different as iOS is different from android (iOS is lighter) But on performance again (higher app genshin) 865 remain stable for more time over a13 And yeah A13 is better than A14 in gaming (GPU difference) (Genshin is the most demanding app right now and is better for benchmark ) Performance on android flagship are good and users also most likely never complain similar to iphone user It's just that midrange and below comes with problem and some iphone fanboys point that only
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Zzzz October 7, 2021 at 08:54 AM
Guest user 3518, Why does all android fanboys take Golden reviewer as the proof of apple being bad? Because he says what you want to hear? Isn't it strange he always gets a different result than any other reviewer?
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Guest user October 14, 2021 at 02:44 PM
Guest user 3518, Huh? Compare your 888 on m1 chip. It's basically the a14 with 8 cores gpu. It's running on arm? Ios is lighter? Don't dream. Ios system file has 16gb storage? Dont dream dude. Android is much more lighter. Ios runs everything on automatic and android on the other hand is customisable and fake ram!! Don't compare your Android devices to the king. Iphone is good at everything. android was just a stolen ios software dont dream.
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Zahid February 1, 2022 at 01:31 PM
Guest User 3518, True, I wouldn’t compare iPhone to mid-range Android phones, they should be compared to flagships, people should know that.
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Zahid February 1, 2022 at 02:00 PM
Yeah, the only issue with the chip is thermal throttling but that’s if you play games with max brightness.
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systemBuilder September 8, 2022 at 10:02 AM
Guest User 3518, Google had it right when they created Chromebooks. The sub-$500 market was filled with failed PC laptops and vendors were using the sales channel to dump their e-waste. Google said, "You wanna make a Chromebook, here are 27 things the laptop must have to qualify for the logo & OS integration", and they required a symmetric keyboard (in front of the screen), 200+ nits, LOUD sound good side viewing angles so a PAIR of people can watch a movie, GOOD 802.11, and many, many other things - roughly 27 of them!! Today only a fool buys a sub-$500 Windows laptop. They are garbage but some of the best Chromebooks are sub - $500 laptops. Google needs to do likewise with android. Too many third-world countries are making crappy android phones that satisfy nobody.
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Ricardo September 18, 2021 at 05:44 AM
Upgrades From A12 to A13 (great upgrade) A13 to A14 (great upgrade) A14 to A15 (basically the same sh*t)
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Jackson October 8, 2021 at 07:36 PM
Yeah because they focused on other problems like battery life this year.
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Ryan November 21, 2021 at 12:51 AM
Jackson, It's essentially the same thing though, the chips perform identically in that regard.
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Jackson December 6, 2021 at 12:51 AM
Ryan, Why would apple focus on improving Cpu speeds if android chips are still trying to catch up to the A14? And if you need a boost for the GPU then go for the 13 pro/pro max not to mention the pro max now has arguably the best battery life on a phone.
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Zahid February 1, 2022 at 02:02 PM
It doesn’t matter, it’s plenty powerful.
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