A19 Pro vs A15 Bionic

We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A19 Pro (with Apple A19 Pro GPU graphics) and A15 Bionic (Apple A15 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

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 A19 Pro
  • Supports 125% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 80%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2538K vs 1413K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 5 nm)
  • Performs 45% better in floating-point computations
  • 32% higher CPU clock speed (4260 vs 3230 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~21%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A19 Pro +80%
2538751
1413275
CPU 753740 410975
GPU 926158 370837
Memory 217137 164151
UX 641716 467312
Total score 2538751 1413275
Samples [23 tests] [69 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A19 Pro +71%
3970
2315
Multi-Core Score
A19 Pro +84%
10558
5753
Asset compression 338.7 MB/sec 208.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 246.2 pages/sec 122.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 235.7 Mpixels/sec 139.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 358.7 images/sec 125.1 images/sec
HDR 337.3 Mpixels/sec 179.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 43.9 images/sec 22.3 images/sec
Photo processing 109.5 images/sec 53.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.8 Mpixels/sec 6.26 Mpixels/sec
Samples 16 tests 37 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A19 Pro +124%
45708
20400
Background blur 96.5 images/sec 35.4 images/sec
Face detection 104.2 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Horizon detection 1.26 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 1.6 Gpixels/sec 0.82 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 3.46 Gpixels/sec 0.84 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.61 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 119 Gpixels/sec 71.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 4071.9 FPS 2198.2 FPS
API Metal Metal
Samples 9 tests 19 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2487
Score 2487 -
Stability 76% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
A19 Pro +192%
10999
3765
Score 10999 3765
Stability - 71%
Graphics test 42 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 47 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 42 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 9 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
n/a
2854
Score - 2854
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 17 FPS

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple A19 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq)AnTuTu 112602137
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Anatoli)AnTuTu 112304042
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-31 (xon1005)Geekbench 6 CPU4028 / 10579
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Domi)AnTuTu 112427596
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-09 (Cristiano)AnTuTu 112258714
Apple A15 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 -> HotPowerAnTuTu 111184759
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 GPU21284
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Vova)AnTuTu 111297615
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 CPU2423 / 5985
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (charlesddd)AnTuTu 111461749

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A19 Pro and A15 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.26 GHz –
4x 2.6 GHz –
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Cores 6 6
Frequency 4260 MHz 3230 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 192 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - 15 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple A19 Pro GPU Apple A15 GPU
Architecture Apple A GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1338 MHz
Pipelines 6 5
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 768 640
FLOPS 2488.3 Gigaflops 1712.6 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 35 TOPS 15.8 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe NVMe
Max display resolution - 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 3x 48MP -
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- 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

Modem Snapdragon X80 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced September 2025 September 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1V12 APL1W07
Successor - - Apple A19 Pro

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