Snapdragon 778G Plus vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus (Adreno 642) with the older 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple A15 GPU) SoC. 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Performs 2.8x better in floating-point computations
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.2x)
- Shows significantly better (up to 72%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1413K vs 820K
- 29% higher CPU clock speed (3230 vs 2500 MHz)
- Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 25.6 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 326258 | 410975 |
| GPU | 98347 | 370837 |
| Memory | 163894 | 164151 |
| UX | 231711 | 467312 |
| Total score | 820210 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | [69 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 159.4 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 77 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 118.3 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 59 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 94.8 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 11.5 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 27.9 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.46 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 11 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 5.54 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 2.85 images/sec | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.22 Gpixels/sec | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.04 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 3.62 Gpixels/sec | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 267.6 FPS | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 9 tests | 19 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 3765 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 735 | 2854 |
| Stability | 99% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10381 | - |
| Video editing score | 7005 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 9312 | - |
| Photo editing score | 23875 | - |
| Writing score | 13809 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-30 (Fizzo) | AnTuTu 11 | 806003 |
| π 2026-05-29 (Serj) | AnTuTu 11 | 759037 |
| π 2026-05-10 (Aroslav) | AnTuTu 11 | 854357 |
| π 2026-04-12 (Deividi) | AnTuTu 11 | 895081 |
| π 2026-04-03 -> Serhii | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1059 / 3012 |
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-23 -> HotPower | AnTuTu 11 | 1184759 |
| π 2026-09-19 -> HotPower | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21284 |
| π 2026-09-19 (Vova) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297615 |
| π 2026-09-19 -> HotPower | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2423 / 5985 |
| π 2026-09-18 (charlesddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1461749 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 778G Plus and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.5 GHz β Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) 3x 2.4 GHz β Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2500 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 15 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 642 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 608 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 512 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 622.6 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 770 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X53 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 3700 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 1600 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | October 2021 | September 2021 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7325-AE | APL1W07 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G | - Apple A19 Pro |
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