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Snippet from Wikipedia: Apple A15: The Apple A15 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series. It is used in the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max, iPad Mini (6th generation), iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14 and 14 Plus and Apple TV 4K (3rd generation).

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The processor Apple A15 Bionic is developed on the 5 nm technology node and architecture A15. Its base clock speed is 3.23 GHz, and maximum clock speed in turbo boost - No turbo. Apple A15 Bionic contains 6 processing cores. To make a right choice for computer upgrading, please get familiar with the detailed technical specifications and benchmark results. Check socket compatibility before choosing.

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency 3.23 GHz
Cores 6
Turbo (1 Core) No turbo
CPU Threads 6
Turbo (All Cores) No turbo
Hyperthreading ? No
Overclocking ? No
Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Internal Graphics
GPU name Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency 1.80 GHz
GPU (Turbo) 3.20 GHz
Generation
DirectX Version
Execution units 5
Shader 0
Max. Memory
Max. displays 3
Technology 5 nm
Release date Q3/2021
Hardware codec support Hardware codec support
H264 Decode / Encode
H265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
H265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
VP8 Decode / Encode
VP9 Decode / Encode
AV1 No
AV1 No
AVC Decode
JPEG Decode / Encode
Memory & PCIe Memory & PCIe
Memory type LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory
Memory channels 2
ECC No
PCIe version
PCIe lanes
Thermal Management Thermal Management
TDP (PL1) 8.5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up –
TDP down –
Tjunction max –

Technical details
Instruction set (ISA) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
Architecture A15
L2-Cache 4.00 MB
L3-Cache –
Technology 5 nm
Virtualization None
Release date Q3/2021
Socket N/A
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross platform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

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