Apple M1 Pro 16-core vs Apple A15 Bionic

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 16-core and Apple A15 Bionic videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory.

Apple M1 Pro 16-core

Apple M1 Pro 16-core

vs

Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A15 Bionic

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4

Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs 14 Sep 2021
Pipelines	16 vs 4

Reasons to consider the Apple A15 Bionic

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1338 MHz vs 1296 MHz

Core clock speed	1338 MHz vs 1296 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 16-core	Apple A15 Bionic
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	14 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1338 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.308 TFLOPS	1.713 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	4
Render output units	64	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	LPDDR4X-4266