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Apple A14 Bionic vs Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A14 Bionic

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The Apple A14 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 12 and iPad Air (2020) models. It was announced late 2020 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores (Firestorm) and four power efficiency cores (Icestorm). Apple states that the A14 offers a 40 percent higher CPU performance than the old A12 in the iPad Air 2019. That should translate to a modest gain of around 20% compared to the Apple A13. The A14 integrates a fast 4-core-GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine that is able to reach a maximum of 11 TOPS. The memory controller supports LPDDR4X and 4 or 6 GB are directly above the chip (package on package - PoP).

The chip is manufactured in 5nm and integrates 11.8 billion transistors.

Apple A15 Bionic

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The Apple A15 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 13 and iPad Mini (2021) models. It was announced late 2021 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. The CPU performance increases only slightly compared to the A14, but GPU (in the higher end models) offers higher gains.

The chip is manufactured in 5nm and integrates 15.8 billion transistors (compared to the 11.8 of the A14).

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ModelApple A14 BionicApple A15 Bionic
CodenameFirestorm, Icestorm
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-Series
Clock1800 - 3100 MHz2020 - 3230 MHz
L2 Cache12 MB16 MB
L3 Cache16 MB32 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 66 / 6
Transistors11800 Million15800 Million
Technology5 nm5 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal ProcessorARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal Processor
iGPUApple A14 Bionic GPUApple A15 GPU 5-Core
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Series: Apple A-Series
Apple A18 Pro compare - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A18 compare - 3.8 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic « 2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic compare - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 compare1 GHz2 cores

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A14 +
min: 38650     avg: 39042     median: 39161.5 (32%)     max: 39194 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
A14 +
min: 2631     avg: 2892     median: 2890 (27%)     max: 3187 Points
66%
A15 +
min: 1852     avg: 2027     median: 1913 (18%)     max: 2307 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
A14 +
min: 2622     avg: 2953     median: 3053 (35%)     max: 3084 Points
70%
A15 +
2130 Points (24%)
Geekbench 6.3 - Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core
100%
1 A15 +
2332 Points (59%)
Geekbench 6.3 - Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core
100%
1 A15 +
5661 Points (22%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
A14 +
min: 1326     avg: 1549     median: 1588.5 (62%)     max: 1604 Points
109%
A15 +
min: 1590     avg: 1723     median: 1734 (68%)     max: 1755 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A14 +
min: 3476     avg: 4019     median: 4093.5 (7%)     max: 4334 Points
117%
A15 +
min: 4559     avg: 4755     median: 4788 (9%)     max: 4914 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A14 +
min: 459.6     avg: 476.6     median: 462.8 (1%)     max: 547 ms
103%
A15 +
min: 413.6     avg: 455.6     median: 451 (1%)     max: 507.3 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A14 +
min: 85.6     avg: 85.9     median: 85.9 (1%)     max: 86.1 ms
111%
A15 +
77 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
A14 +
min: 55710     avg: 58132     median: 58528 (49%)     max: 59963 Points
109%
A15 +
min: 57143     avg: 63305     median: 64026.5 (53%)     max: 65969 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
A14 +
147 Points (40%)
128%
A15 +
min: 188     avg: 188.3     median: 188 (52%)     max: 189 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
A14 +
min: 191     avg: 196.3     median: 193.5 (35%)     max: 214 Points
129%
A15 +
min: 219     avg: 254.3     median: 250 (45%)     max: 279 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 A14 +
min: 64361     avg: 86794     median: 91444 (76%)     max: 96435 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 A14 +
min: 83561     avg: 98724     median: 98475 (79%)     max: 113467 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 A14 +
min: 211292     avg: 242531     median: 240861 (44%)     max: 264957 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 A14 +
min: 123814     avg: 152893     median: 149088 (54%)     max: 179419 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 A14 +
min: 510245     avg: 580942     median: 569468 (55%)     max: 647374 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
A14 +
min: 691084     avg: 725392     median: 708280 (34%)     max: 776812 Points
113%
A15 +
min: 722973     avg: 788523     median: 800415 (39%)     max: 832548 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
A14 +
min: 189239     avg: 198226     median: 194080 (48%)     max: 211360 Points
108%
A15 +
min: 192891     avg: 209810     median: 209802 (52%)     max: 227638 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A14 +
44785 Points (6%)
23%
A15 +
min: 10349     avg: 10411     median: 10410.5 (1%)     max: 10472 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
A14 +
min: 987     avg: 1002     median: 1000 (37%)     max: 1022 Points
115%
A15 +
min: 1132     avg: 1156     median: 1145 (43%)     max: 1190 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 A14 +
7.3 Watt (3%)
147%
1 A15 +
min: 4.54     avg: 4.9     median: 5 (2%)     max: 5.64 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 A14 +
3.1 Watt (3%)
430%
1 A15 +
min: 0     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (1%)     max: 1.415 Watt

Average Benchmarks Apple A14 Bionic → 100% n=13

Average Benchmarks Apple A15 Bionic → 100% n=13

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)