Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1480 vs Apple A15 Bionic

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 43
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1480
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Apple A15 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Apple A15 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A784x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 3.24 GHz - Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz - Blizzard
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2750 MHz 3240 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors Not available 15 billion
TDP 5 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Apple A15 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 256 KB
L2 cache Not available 32 MB
L3 cache 4 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit Not available
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 42.7 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Apple A15 Bionic
GPU Samsung Xclipse 530 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Titan (RDNA 2) Not available
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1200 MHz
Execution units Not available 5
Shaders 128 640
FLOPS 332.8 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.3 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Yes Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Apple A15 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 2732 x 2048
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Apple A15 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Apple A15 Bionic
Release March 2024 September 2021
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8845 APL1W07
Storage support UFS 3.1 NVMe
Devices in database 1 9
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Samsung Exynos 1480

5G
Samsung Galaxy Quantum5
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Quantum5

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A55 5G

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh

Apple A15 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 14 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1284 × 2778 pixels (6.70 inch…
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 14
Apple

Apple iPhone 14

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors 1170 × 2532 pixels (6.10 in…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3279 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone SE 2022
Apple

Apple iPhone SE 2022

3.4
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70 inches) 326 p…
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G eSIM
Apple iPad mini 2021
Apple

Apple iPad mini 2021

2.8
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1488 × 2266 pixels (8.30 i…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1284 × 2778 pixels (…
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels (…
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 13 mini
Apple

Apple iPhone 13 mini

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels (5…
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion