Apple 5-Core A15 vs Qualcomm Adreno 530+ Full Specs

Summary

640 Shaders 1.34GHz	256 Shaders 624MHz
Shared Memory34.1GB/sLPDDR4X	Shared Memory29.9GB/sLPDDR4
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 319.5 GFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP 5W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

5-Core A151.71 TFLOPSFP16

x2.68

Adreno 530+639 GFLOPSFP16

x1

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed624MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.71 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 639 GFLOPSFP16
FP32 1.71 TFLOPS	FP32 319.5 GFLOPS
-	FP64 79.87 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 26.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 53.5 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 640 Shaders	Shaders 256 Shaders
TMUs 40 TMUs	TMUs 8 TMUs
ROPs 20 ROPs	ROPs 8 ROPs
EUs 80 EUs	EUs 4 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Boost Clock 624MHz

Cache

L2 Cache 512KB shared	L2 Cache 128KB shared
L3 Cache -	L3 Cache 1MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR4X	Shared MemoryLPDDR4
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 4.3GT/s	Memory Speed 3.7GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 29.9GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 5W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 1

Multi-Monitor 1

Encoder

-	Encoder Model Hexagon 680
Codec -	Codec H.263 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)

Decoder

-	Decoder Model Hexagon 680
Codec -	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Qualcomm
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Qualcomm
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Adreno 500
Family A Series	Family Adreno 500
Branding	Branding
Codename G14P	Codename -
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 24, 2021	Release Date Sep 15, 2015

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node 14LPP
Die Size 108mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 15 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

Images

Used In

CPUs A15 Bionic Pro A15 Bionic (iPad)	CPUs Snapdragon 820 Snapdragon 821
Smartphones iPhone 13 ProiPhone 13 Pro MaxiPhone 14 Show 1 more	Smartphones PixelPixel XL
Tablets iPad mini 6(A15, Late 2021)	Tablets -

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