Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) features 6 processor cores and has the capability to manage 6 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2021 and belongs to the 15 generation of the Apple A series series.
Name: Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Family: Apple A series
Group: Apple A15
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 15

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 3.23 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator. Processors with hybrid (big.LITTLE) architecture strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, making them ideal for mobile devices.
CPU Cores: 6
Threads: 6
Cores A: 2x Avalanche
Cores B: 4x Blizzard
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 3.23 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 2.02 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) uses the Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores), which has 1024 texture shaders and 128 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency: 0.6 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 128
Shaders: 1024
Max. GPU Memory: 8.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 12
Direct X: --
Technology: 5 nm
Release date: Q3/2021

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware: Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications: 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 6.0 GB distributed across 1 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory: 6.0 GB
Memory channels: 1
Bandwidth: 34.1 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 8.5 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 8.5 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) is manufactured using a 5 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 32.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 5 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 16.0 MB
L3-Cache: 32.0 MB
Architecture: A15
Operating systems: iOS
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q3/2021
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
816812
816812
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz
811000
811000
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
806250
806250
Google Tensor G2
8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz
789419
789419
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
779044
779044

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
5402
5402
Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
5402
5402
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
5402
5402
Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
5402
5402
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
5402
5402

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-8850H
6C 12T @ 2.6 GHz
4781
4781
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
4777
4777
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
4777
4777
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
4777
4777
Intel Core i5-1140G7
4C 8T @ 1.8 GHz
4776
4776

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon E-2388G
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
2264
2264
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
2245
2245
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
2245
2245
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
2245
2245
Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 2.8 GHz
2241
2241

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 1.9 GHz
1745
1745
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1745
1745
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1745
1745
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1745
1745
Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 1.9 GHz
1745
1745

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-6970HQ
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
1210
1210
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1200
1200
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1200
1200
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1200
1200
Intel Core i3-1315UE
6C 8T @ 1.2 GHz
1190
1190

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.5 GHz
15.8
15.8
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.5 GHz
15.8
15.8
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
15.8
15.8
Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
15.8
15.8
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
15.8
15.8