Apple A15

Apple A15 Bionic
General information
LaunchedSeptember 14, 2021
Designed byApple Inc.
Common manufacturer
Product codeAPL1W07[1]
Max. CPU clock rateto 3.23 GHz[2]

(2.93 GHz in iPad Mini 6)[3]

 
Cache
L2 cache12 MB (performance cores)
4 MB (efficient cores)
Last level cache32 MB (system cache)
Architecture and classification
ApplicationMobile
Technology node5 nm (N5P)
Microarchitecture"Avalanche" and "Blizzard"
Instruction setARMv8.6-A[4]
Physical specifications
Transistors
  • 15 billion
Cores
  • 6 (4 efficiency, 2 performance)
GPUApple-designed 4- or 5- core GPU
Products, models, variants
Variant
History
PredecessorApple A14 Bionic
SuccessorApple A16 Bionic

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).[6]

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  2. ^ "IPhone 13 Pro Geekbench Score Reveals A15 Bionic Frequency Upgrade; CPU/GPU Again Tops | SPARROWS NEWS". 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Underclocked: The A15 chip inside Apple's new iPad mini 6 is slower than in the iPhone 13". 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  4. ^ "llvm-project/llvm/unittests/TargetParser/TargetParserTest.cpp at main · llvm/llvm-project · GitHub". GitHub. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Apple unveils M2, taking the breakthrough performance and capabilities of M1 even further". Archived from the original on 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  6. ^ "Apple A15 Bionic Powers iPhone 13 and iPad Mini". Tom's Hardware. September 14, 2021. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2021.

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