Snapdragon 870 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.1 GB/s)
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~2x)
- Performs 66% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Shows better (up to 40%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1413K vs 1010K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 378231 | 410975 |
| GPU | 155526 | 370837 |
| Memory | 174975 | 164151 |
| UX | 301337 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1010069 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [102 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 | 160.2 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 86.7 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 116.8 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 80 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 108 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 12 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 33.5 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.41 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 34 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 5.01 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 2.04 images/sec | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.19 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.26 Gpixels/sec | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.21 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 10.3 Gpixels/sec | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 650.5 FPS | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 18 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 | 1224 | 2854 |
| Stability | 99% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11701 | - |
| Video editing score | 5825 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 9987 | - |
| Photo editing score | 28690 | - |
| Writing score | 15274 | - |
| Phones tested | 2 models | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 88 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Fortnite | 27 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Shadowgun Legends | 102 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 107 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Genshin Impact | 49 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Device | Xiaomi Black Shark 4 1080 x 2400 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-03 (Disnaroπ§π·) | AnTuTu | 1029687 |
| π 2026-08-29 (Forsic) | AnTuTu | 1020372 |
| π 2026-08-25 (fx_one_love) | AnTuTu | 1090236 |
| π 2026-08-23 (Π―Π½) | AnTuTu | 983640 |
| π 2026-08-22 (DAP) | AnTuTu | 986264 |
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-12 (Simon) | AnTuTu | 1146332 |
| π 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | GeekBench GPU | 18864 |
| π 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | GeekBench CPU | 2327 / 5604 |
| π 2026-09-03 (YulikπΊπ¦) | AnTuTu | 1289105 |
| π 2026-09-03 (Yuk) | AnTuTu | 1289105 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz β Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz β Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3200 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 (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 670 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 5 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1029.1 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| 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 - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
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 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | January 2021 | September 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8250-AC | APL1W07 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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