<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
A15	I-Device
Bionic	I-Device
is	O
a	O
64-bit	B-Device
ARM-based	B-Architecture
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
designed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
Mini	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
Max	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
(	O
6th	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
SE	I-Operating_System
(	O
3rd	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
Plus	I-Operating_System
and	O
Apple	B-Device
TV	I-Device
4K	I-Device
(	O
3rd	O
generation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
A15	I-Device
Bionic	I-Device
features	O
an	O
Apple-designed	O
64-bit	B-Device
six-core	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
implementing	O
ARMv8	O
with	O
two	O
high-performance	O
cores	O
called	O
Avalanche	O
running	O
at	O
3.24GHz	O
and	O
four	O
energy-efficient	O
cores	O
called	O
Blizzard	O
running	O
at	O
2.01GHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
claims	O
the	O
A15	O
in	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
6	I-Device
is	O
40%	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
A12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
in-depth	O
breakdown	O
by	O
Anandtech	O
revealed	O
that	O
"	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
A14	B-Device
,	O
the	O
new	O
A15	O
increases	O
the	O
peak	O
single-core	O
frequency	O
of	O
the	O
two-performance	O
core	O
cluster	O
by	O
8%	O
,	O
now	O
reaching	O
up	O
to	O
3240MHz	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
2998MHz	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A15	O
contains	O
15	O
billion	O
transistors	O
,	O
a	O
27.1	O
%	O
increase	O
from	O
the	O
A14	B-Device
's	O
transistor	O
count	O
of	O
11.8	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
dedicated	O
neural	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
hardware	O
that	O
Apple	O
calls	O
a	O
new	O
16-core	O
Neural	O
Engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Neural	O
Engine	O
can	O
perform	O
15.8	O
trillion	O
operations	O
per	O
second	O
,	O
faster	O
than	O
A14	B-Device
's	O
11	O
trillion	O
operations	O
per	O
second	O
( +	O
43%	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A15	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
image	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
(	O
ISP	O
)	O
with	O
improved	O
computational	O
photography	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A15	O
has	O
video	O
codec	O
encoding	O
support	O
for	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
,	O
H.264	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ProRes	O
(	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
decoding	O
support	O
for	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
,	O
H.264	B-Application
,	O
MPEG‑4	B-Application
Part	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
ProRes	O
,	O
and	O
Motion	B-Application
JPEG	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A15	O
is	O
manufactured	O
by	O
TSMC	O
,	O
reportedly	O
on	O
their	O
second-generation	O
5	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
fabrication	O
process	O
,	O
N5P	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A15	O
integrates	O
an	O
Apple-designed	O
five-core	O
GPU	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
mini	I-Device
(	O
6th	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
Max	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
Plus	I-Operating_System
and	O
Apple	B-Device
TV	I-Device
4K	I-Device
(	O
3rd	O
generation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
GPU	O
core	O
is	O
disabled	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
SE	I-Operating_System
(	O
3rd	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
Mini	I-Operating_System
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
four-core	O
GPU	O
for	O
these	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
