Apple’s latest mobile processor – the A15 Bionic is the choice powering the new iPhone 13/13 Pro models and the 6th-Gen iPad mini. The SoC arrives with a similar 5nm process technology and 6-Core CPU (2x high performance – codenamed Avalanche + 4x efficiency cores – codenamed Blizzard) as the A14 Bionic (iPhone 12/12 Pro series), however, performance and power efficiency has considerably increased, according to Apple.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the Apple A15 Bionic also contains 15 billion transistors, a new ISP and faster neural network (16-Core Neural Engine), which processes 15 trillion operations per second (compared to 11.8 trillion operations per second on the A14 Bionic). Various sources believed that TSMC used the more advanced second generation 5nm architecture called N5P for the A15 Bionic and the new ISP powers the respective advanced dual and triple cameras systems on the iPhone 13 series and iPhone 13 Pro series.
The new neural network provides faster machine learning applications including the new Live Text feature in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. There are two GPU configurations: a 4-core GPU and a 5-Core GPU. As reported by WCCFTech, the 4-Core GPU in the iPhone 13 and 13 mini delivers up to 15% increase in graphic performance over the A14 Bionic and up to 30% faster than the closest competition. Meanwhile, the 5-core GPU delivers up to 55% increase in graphics performance in the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max over its predecessor and up to 50% faster than the closest competition.
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The same 5-Core GPU is used in the iPad Mini (9th-Gen) results in up to 80% increase when compared to previous generation iPads. Last year, Apple used the A14 Bionic as the template for the development of the Apple M1, and the company could be doing the same with the A15 for the next Mac processor.
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