A16 Bionic chip Vs A17 Pro
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs A17 Pro SoCs by Apple. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than A17 Pro (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
- A17 Pro has 9.25% higher CPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip (3780 vs 3460 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 25% smaller sized transistor than A16 Bionic chip (3 vs 4 nm).
- A17 Pro has 69.09% better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip (1,632 K vs 965 K ).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 247110 | 399992 |
| GPU | 408357 | 620081 |
| Memory | 162944 | 265579 |
| UX | 146541 | 346005 |
| Total score | 964952 | 1631657 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 243.5 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 46.4 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 141.8 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 117.1 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 54.3 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 5.9 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 1430 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
76%
Apple A1677%
A17 ProScore: 10002
| Stability | 79% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 60 FPS |
| Score | 9862 | 10002 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and Apple A17 ProDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | - | - |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | - |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | - |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
92%
Apple A16100%
A17 Pro
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
2x 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2020 MHz | 2020 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3460 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor count | 16 Billion | 19 Billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Apple A17 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 6 |
| Shading units | 768 | 128 |
| FLOPS | - | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | - | - |
| OpenCL version | - | - |
| DirectX version | - | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced Date | September 2022 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W10 | APL1V02 |
| Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | A17 Pro official site |
Apple A16 Bionic
71.25
Review By TenzysTech
Apple A17 Pro
70
Review By TenzysTech
