Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A18 Pro (Neo) Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3.23GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A15	iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A15 Bionic2,383

x1

A18 Pro (Neo)3,409

x1.43

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	6 Cores 2P 4E
6 Threads 2P 4E	6 Threads 2P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.23GHz	Base Clock 4.04GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 12MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 32MB	SLC Cache 24MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 7500MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 60GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 60GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 12W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A15	iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro
Shaders 512	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 1.47GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H14 Bia	NPU Model H17 Theia
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.94GHz	NPU Clock 2.17GHz
Performance 15.8 TOPSFP16	Performance 35 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 11ARMv8.5-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Ellis A15Variant AvalancheP-Core BlizzardE-Core	Codename Tahiti A18 ProVariant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 24, 2021	Release Date Mar 4, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 108mm²	Die Size 110mm²
Transistor Count 15 Billion	Transistor Count 18.4 Billion
Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Neo(Early 2026)
Smartphones iPhone SE 3(Gen 3)iPhone 13 miniiPhone 13	Smartphones -

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