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Apple A15 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9820

Apple A15 Bionic
51.2Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 9820
—Inno Score
51CPU39.5
40GPU—
58.4Benchmarks—
50.7AIspec-based—
60.7Efficiencyspec-based20
3 spec wins — Apple A15 Bionic1 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 9820

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 9820 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A15 Bionic

  • Stronger CPU score: 51 vs 40
  • 37% lower process: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 19% higher Max clock: 3.24 GHz vs 2.73 GHz

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 9820

  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6

General

General comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Announced20212018
Process5 nm+37%8 nm
TDP (typical)7 W—
ArchitectureArmv8.5—

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x3.24 GHz + 4x2.01 GHz2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 + 2x2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock3.24 GHz+19%2.73 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
GPUApple GPU (4/5-core)Arm Mali-G76 MP12

AI

AI comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
NPU16-core Neural EngineSamsung NPU
AI performance16 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Memory typeLPDDR4X-4266LPDDR4X
Max bandwidth34.1 GB/s—

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
ModemExternal (Snapdragon X60)Integrated LTE Cat-20
Max download—2 Gbps

Media

Media comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Max display—WQUXGA (3840x2400)
Video capture4K@60fps8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A15 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A15 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
AnTuTu1,150,000—
Geekbench 6 (single)2,320Top 13%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)5,650Top 21%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme2,650Top 37%—

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