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Apple A15 Bionic Chip

Apple A15 Bionic Chip
  • GPU: Apple GPU GPU
  • Cores: 6
  • Clock: 1200 MHz
Apple A15 Bionic is an 6-core processor introduced on September 14, 2021 and built on a 5-nanometer fabrication technique. It has 2 Avalanche cores clocked at 3230 MHz and 4 Blizzard cores clocked at 2020 MHz integrated with "Apple A15 GPU" Graphical Processing Unit (GPU).

Review

CPU Performance
55
Gaming Performance
55
Battery life
82
Tech Insist Score
64

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Apple A15 Bionic Chip
809118
CPU 209204
GPU 351594
Memory 118044
UX 130276
Total score 809118

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1743
Multi-Core Score
4844

Specifications

Detailed specifications of the A18 Pro SoC with Apple A15 Bionic Chip GPU graphics

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Cores 6
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 32 MB
Process 5 nm
Transistor count 15 Billion
TDP 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU
GPU frequency 1200 MHz
Execution units 5
Shading units 640

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz
Max bandwidth 34.1 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit
Max size 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine
Storage type NVMe
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048
Video capture 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

5G support Yes
Download 5G speed Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload 5G speed Up to 3000 Mbps
4G support LTE Cat. 24
Download 4G speed Up to - Mbps
Upload 4G speed Up to - Mbps
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced Date September 2021
Class Flagship
Model number APL1W07

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