Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (Adreno 720) with the older 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple A15 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Performs 72% better in floating-point computations
- Higher GPU frequency (~37%)
- Shows better (up to 37%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1413K vs 1027K
- Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 25.6 GB/s)
- 23% higher CPU clock speed (3230 vs 2630 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 411404 | 410975 |
| GPU | 217586 | 370837 |
| Memory | 154808 | 164151 |
| UX | 244127 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1027925 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [175 tests] | [69 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 155 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 80.6 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 101.8 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 55.5 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 92.7 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 11.4 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 21.8 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.9 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 26 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 6.81 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.22 images/sec | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.14 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.2 Gpixels/sec | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 15.9 Gpixels/sec | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 395.6 FPS | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 19 tests | 19 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 490 | - |
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 3765 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 1596 | 2854 |
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12784 | - |
| Video editing score | 7333 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 10354 | - |
| Photo editing score | 25101 | - |
| Writing score | 12578 | - |
| Phones tested | 2 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-11 (Bro) | AnTuTu 12 | 956529 |
| π 2026-09-10 (Bali) | AnTuTu 11 | 1044174 |
| π 2026-08-11 (Baclaven) | AnTuTu 11 | 947758 |
| π 2026-07-26 (Raad) | AnTuTu 11 | 1022189 |
| π 2026-07-20 (Tapnbridge) | AnTuTu 11 | 1051017 |
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-14 (Makkar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1191717 |
| π 2026-10-12 -> HotPower | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2155 / 5548 |
| π 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1127460 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2168 / 4988 |
| π 2026-09-23 -> HotPower | AnTuTu 11 | 1184759 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.63 GHz β Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715) 3x 2.4 GHz β Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510) |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2630 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 15 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 720 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 975 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 512 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 998.4 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2880 x 1800 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X63 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 5000 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2023 | September 2021 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7550-AB | APL1W07 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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