Apple M1 iPad vs Apple A15 Bionic
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
3200 MHz
3230 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
192 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
16
15
TDP
14 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Apple A15 GPU
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
1338 MHz
Execution units
8
5
Shading units
128
128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
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Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2732 x 2048
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Sep 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1102
APL1W07
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
1,290,037
Geekbench 6
2,304
2,333
Geekbench 6
8,422
5,741
FP32 (float)
2,617
1,712
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.