Apple A15 Bionic

Manufacturing Process
5nm
CPU Cores
6 cores
Instruction Set
ARMv8.5-A
Memory Type
LPDDR4X (2133MHz)
GPU
Apple A15 GPU
5G Support
1

ℹ️ Basic Information

SOC Name Apple A15 Bionic
Brand Apple
Announcement Date 14 September 2021
Class Flagship
Manufacturing Process 5nm
Manufacturing TSMC

CPU Specifications

CPU Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
CPU Cores 6 Core
CPU Frequency 3230MHz
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A

🧠 Cache & NPU

Cache 12 MB
Cache Level L2
NPU Apple Neural Engine

💾 Memory

Memory Type LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133MHz
Memory Bus 4x16 bit
Max Bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s
Max Memory Size 6 GB

🎮 GPU

GPU Apple A15 GPU
Pipelines 5 Pipeline
Shading Units 128 Unit
Total Shaders 640 Unit

💿 Storage & Display

Max Display Resolution 2732x2048

🎵 Video & Audio

Video Capture 4K at 60FPS
Video Playback 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio Codecs AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV

📶 Connectivity

5G Support 1
WiFi Wifi 6
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5

🛰️ Navigation Systems

GPS Yes
GLONASS Yes
Beidou Yes
Galileo Yes
QZSS Yes
NAVIC No

📊 Benchmark Scores

AnTuTu 10 1,359,073

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