Snapdragon 870 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (Adreno 650) with the newer 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple 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 870
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~78%)
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Shows better (up to 20%) AnTuTu 9 score – 798K vs 667K
- Announced 8-months later
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 189629 | 216265 |
| GPU | 239863 | 339795 |
| Memory | 105344 | 112472 |
| UX | 142979 | 133063 |
| Total score | 667910 | 798464 |
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 | 180.6 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 25.25 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 28 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 3 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 989.1 Krows/s | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 88 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 27 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 102 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 107 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 49 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| 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.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 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 3.223 GHz – Avalanche 4x 1.82 GHz – Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3223 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 1 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1.8 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 15 billion |
| TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Apple GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | - |
| GPU frequency | 675 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 512 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1372 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 42.7 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 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 | - |
| 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, 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. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 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 | - |
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