Comparing Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A15 Bionic

description_compare Apple A15 Bionic and Apple A12X Bionic

• Name
  Apple A15 Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  15 12
• CPU group
  Apple A15 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Predecessor
  Apple A14 Bionic Apple A10X Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.23 GHz 1.59 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.49 GHz
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Avalanche 4x Vortex
• B core
  4x Blizzard 4x Tempest

• GPU name
  Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) Apple A12X
• GPU frequency
  1.80 GHz 1.59 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  3.20 GHz 2.49 GHz
• Execution units
  5 7
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 6 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  12 9
• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q3/2018

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No No

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W 15 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  A15 A12
• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q3/2018

• Used in
  Apple iPad mini (6. Gen)Apple iPhone 13 miniApple iPhone 13Apple iPhone 13 ProApple iPhone 13 Pro Max Apple iPad Pro 2018