Apple A15

Apple A15 Bionic
General information
LaunchedSeptember 14, 2021
Designed byApple Inc.
Common manufacturer(s)
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)
GPU(s)Apple-designed 4- or 5- core GPU
Products, models, variants
Variant(s)
History
Predecessor(s)Apple A14
Successor(s)Apple A16

The Apple A15 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. 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).[5]

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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/include/llvm/TargetParser/AArch64TargetParser.h at main · llvm/llvm-project · GitHub". GitHub. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ "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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