Menu

64

Points
Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip

83

Points
Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro
Overview - 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A16 Bionic chip 51
A17 Pro 78
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 54
A17 Pro 82
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
A17 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 64
A17 Pro 83
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip A17 Pro
CPU 247110 399992
GPU 408357 620081
Memory 162944 265579
UX 146541 346005
Total score 964952 1631657
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

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

icon
A16 Bionic chip 1870
A17 Pro 2999

Multi-Core Score

icon
A16 Bionic chip 5474
A17 Pro 7779

Image compression

icon
A16 Bionic chip 243.5
A17 Pro

Face detection

icon
A16 Bionic chip 46.4
A17 Pro

Speech recognition

icon
A16 Bionic chip 141.8
A17 Pro

Machine learning

icon
A16 Bionic chip 117.1
A17 Pro

Camera shooting

icon
A16 Bionic chip 54.3
A17 Pro

HTML 5

icon
A16 Bionic chip 5.9
A17 Pro

SQLite

icon
A16 Bionic chip 1430
A17 Pro

3DMark

51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
51%
A17 Pro
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

94%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
     2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
  • Cores 6 6
  • 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
Full list of technical specifications

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 - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A16 Bionic

Apple A16 Bionic
CPU
51%
GPU
54%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A17 Pro

Apple A17 Pro
CPU
78%
GPU
82%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 9.25% higher clock speed (3780 MHz vs 3460 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 100.00% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 3200 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A16 Bionic chip and A17 Pro?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A17 Pro with a 25% smaller transistor size (3 nm vs 4 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A16 Bionic chip and A17 Pro?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A17 Pro with a 69.09% better score (1631657 vs 964952).