Snapdragon 865 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650) with the newer 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.1 GB/s)
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~2x)
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Announced 1-year and 10-months later
- Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 9 score – 798K vs 657K
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (3230 vs 2840 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 185438 | 210809 |
| GPU | 217870 | 324750 |
| Memory | 117733 | 134620 |
| UX | 136946 | 133782 |
| Total score | 657469 | 798966 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 173.2 Mpixels/s | 224.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 25.2 images/s | 43.1 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 52.6 words/s | 136.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 55.8 images/s | 104.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 29.5 images/s | 49.3 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 2.95 Mnodes/s | 5.64 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 997.7 Krows/s | 1270 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 91% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 52 FPS |
| Score | 3874 | 8717 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 61 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro 1080 x 2340 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 865 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2840 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 10.3 billion | 15 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | - |
| GPU frequency | 587 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 512 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1202 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | X55 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | December 2019 | September 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8250-AB | APL1W07 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site | - |
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