Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple M1 iPad
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
Frequency
3230 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
256 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
15
16
TDP
6 W
14 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Apple M1 GPU
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
1278 MHz
Execution units
5
8
Shading units
128
128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
68.25 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2732 x 2048
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Sep 2021
Nov 2020
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W07
APL1102
AI
NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
11 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,290,037
1,709,057
Geekbench 6
2,333
2,304
Geekbench 6
5,741
8,422
FP32 (float)
1,712
2,617