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Apple A15 GPU 5-Core vs ARM Mali-G78 MP22

Apple A15 GPU 5-Core

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The Apple A15 Bionic 5-core GPU is an integrated graphics card in the higher end versions of the A15 Bionic SoCs. It is used e.g., in the iPhone 13 Pro. It uses all 5 cores in the chip (contrary to the 4-core variant) in the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini.

The A15 GPU with 5-cores is currently the fastest graphics card in smartphones and easily bests e.g. the  older Apple A14 GPU or the Adreno 660.

It is manufactured in the new 5nm process and therefore should be very energy efficient.

ARM Mali-G78 MP22

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The ARM Mali-G78MP22 is an integrated high-end graphics card for ARM based SoCs (mostly Android based). It was introduced late 2020 in the HiSilicon Kirin 9000E (e.g. Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6). It integrates 22 of the 24 possible cores and is based on the second generation of the Valhal architecture. According to ARM it offers two new features: asynchronous top level and fragment dependency tracking.

The graphics card is one of the fastest in Android devices of 2020 and therefore able to run all games fluently.

The GPU supports all modern graphics APIs like OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 and OpenCL 2.0.

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Apple A15 GPU 5-CoreARM Mali-G78 MP22
Mali-G Series
A15 GPU 5-Core 5
A15 GPU 4-Core compare 4
Mali-G78 MP24 compare 24
Mali-G78 MP22 24
Mali-G78 MP20 compare 24
Mali-G78 MP14 compare 14
Mali-G77 MP11 compare 11
Mali-G77 MP9 compare 9
Mali-G76 MP16 compare 16
Mali-G76 MP12 compare 10
Mali-G76 MP10 compare 10 @ 0.72 GHz
Mali-G68 MP5 compare 5
Mali-G57 MP6 compare 6
Mali-G57 MP5 compare 5
Mali-G72 MP18 compare 18 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP20 compare 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G72 MP12 compare 12 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP8 compare 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G76 MP4 compare 4 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G71 MP2 compare 2 @ 0.77 GHz
Mali-G72 MP3 compare 3 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G68 MP4 compare 4
Mali-G52 MP6 compare 6
Mali-G68 MP2 compare 2
Mali-G52 MP2 compare 2 @ 0.95 GHz
Mali-G52 MP1 compare 1 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G57 MP4 compare 4
Mali-G57 MP3 compare 3
Mali-G57 MP2 compare 2
Mali-G57 MP1 compare 1
Mali-G51 MP4 compare 4 @ 0.65 GHz
Pipelines5 - unified24 - unified
Shared Memorynono
technology5 nm5 nm
Date of Announcement15.09.2021 26.05.2020
CodenameValhall
ArchitectureValhall
APIOpenGL ES 3.2
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.arm.com
CPU in A15 GPU 5-CoreGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A15 Bionic6 x 2020 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
7773 Points (34%)
11598 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
31940 Points (70%)
16653 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 5782     avg: 5971     median: 5956 (30%)     max: 6175 Points
9630 Points (48%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 13133     avg: 15185     median: 16202 (49%)     max: 16221 Points
12079 Points (36%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 8909     avg: 11090     median: 11615.5 (6%)     max: 11779 Points
6399 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 1877     avg: 2627     median: 2789.5 (3%)     max: 2864 Points
1805 Points (2%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 16.8     avg: 18.5     median: 18.5 (8%)     max: 20.1 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 37.9     avg: 39.2     median: 39 (7%)     max: 41.2 fps
31 fps (6%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 95.9     avg: 112.1     median: 113.6 (8%)     max: 122.2 fps
76 fps (6%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 82     avg: 96.3     median: 97.1 (11%)     max: 105.2 fps
64 fps (7%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 60     avg: 142.1     median: 152.6 (3%)     max: 172.4 fps
112 fps (2%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 187     avg: 230.7     median: 233 (14%)     max: 253 fps
154 fps (9%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple A15 GPU 5-Core
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 358     avg: 418.2     median: 427.6 (3%)     max: 446.6 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + ARM Mali-G78 MP22
232 fps (2%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 296388     avg: 329901     median: 332874 (42%)     max: 353729 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
74.4 fps (0%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
51720 Points (52%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
19197 Points (34%)
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 2.73     avg: 7.6     median: 8.5 (3%)     max: 9.57 Watt
11.8 Watt (5%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A15 GPU 5-Core → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks ARM Mali-G78 MP22 → 80% n=12

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
100%
A15 GPU 5-Core:
59 59 59 ~ 59 fps
103%
Mali-G78 MP22:
61  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
A15 GPU 5-Core:
59 59 59 60 ~ 59 fps
med.
100%
A15 GPU 5-Core:
59  fps
high
100%
A15 GPU 5-Core:
39 59 59 59 ~ 54 fps
56%
Mali-G78 MP22:
30  fps
ultra
100%
A15 GPU 5-Core:
39 39 39 40 ~ 39 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
high
100%
A15 GPU 5-Core:
30 59 ~ 45 fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
Mali-G78 MP22:
61  fps

Average Gaming Apple A15 GPU 5-Core → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming ARM Mali-G78 MP22 → 79%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 103%

Apple A15 GPU 5-Corelowmed.highultraQHD4K
Armajet59
PUBG Mobile59595439
Asphalt 9: Legends45
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Subway Surfers61
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