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Apple A15 Bionic
The longest-serving engine in modern iPhone history, powering the iPhone 13 series, SE 3 and iPhone 14. Superb N5P efficiency and a potent 5-core GPU variant kept it competitive years after launch despite aging LPDDR4X memory.
Pros
- Outstanding efficiency on TSMC N5P
- 5-core GPU variant still games well
- Powered four iPhone generations
- ProRes encode and a strong media engine
Cons
- Stuck on LPDDR4X memory
- 15.8 TOPS Neural Engine is modest today
- No ray tracing or AV1 support
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple A15 Bionic
General
- Announced
- 2021
- Process
- 5 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 7 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.5
CPU
- Cores
- 6
- Core configuration
- 2x3.24 GHz + 4x2.01 GHz
- Max clock
- 3.24 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Apple GPU (4/5-core)
AI
- NPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- AI performance
- 15.8 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-4266
- Max bandwidth
- 34.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- External (Snapdragon X60)
Media
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,332Top 13%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 5,661Top 20%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 2,854Top 21%
Devices with the Apple A15 Bionic
8 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Apple A15 Bionic good in 2026?
The Apple A15 Bionic earns an Inno Score of 49.9/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The longest-serving engine in modern iPhone history, powering the iPhone 13 series, SE 3 and iPhone 14. Superb N5P efficiency and a potent 5-core GPU variant kept it competitive years after launch despite aging LPDDR4X memory.
Which devices use the Apple A15 Bionic?
8 devices in our catalog use the Apple A15 Bionic: iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 14, iPhone 13, and more.
What are the key specs of the Apple A15 Bionic?
Cores: 6 · Process: 5 nm · GPU: Apple GPU (4/5-core)
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple A15 Bionic?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Google Tensor G3, Samsung Exynos 1680, MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
