CPUSmartphoneReleased Sep 24, 2021

Apple A15 Bionic

6C/6T · 3.2 GHz

Apple A15 Bionic is a 5 nm (TSMC N5P) smartphone SoC with six CPU cores (2 Avalanche performance cores plus 4 Blizzard efficiency cores), a 4-core or 5-core Apple GPU depending on the model, and a 16-core Neural Engine rated at 15.8 TOPS. It doubles the system level cache of the A14 to 32 MB, and its CPU core family is shared with the Apple M2. It shipped in the iPhone 13 series, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPad mini (6th generation) and Apple TV 4K (3rd generation), the last using a binned version with five CPU cores.

General

Manufacturer: Apple
Model: Apple A15 Bionic
Segment: Smartphone
Generation: —
Codename: APL1W07
Architecture: ARM64
Microarchitecture: Avalanche/Blizzard
Release date: Sep 24, 2021
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 6 cores / 6 threadsP2+E4
Base clock: —
Boost clock: 3.23 GHz
TDP (design W): —
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: 16 MB
L3 cache: 32 MB
Technology (nm): 5 nm
TSMC N5P

Platform

Socket: BGA (soldered SoC)
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Apple GPU (4-core or 5-core)
Memory type: LPDDR4X-4266 (unified)
Memory size: Up to 6 GB
ECC memory: —
PCIe: —

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: ARMv8.6-ANEONAMXFP16dotprodAESSHA3PAuth
NPU: 16-core Neural Engine — 15.8 TOPS

OS support

Notes: The A15 Bionic runs Apple operating systems only (iOS, iPadOS and tvOS). The chip was never used in a Mac and does not run macOS, Windows or desktop Linux distributions.

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