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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > A16 Bionic chip vs Tensor – specs and benchmarks

A16 Bionic chip Vs Tensor

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Tensor
A16 Bionic chip
Tensor
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Tensor SoCs by Apple and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A16 Bionic chip
61
Tensor
36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip
63
Tensor
34
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip
86
Tensor
82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip
70
Tensor
51

Key Differences

Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • A16 Bionic chip has 23.57% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor (3460 vs 2800 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 64.86% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor (1398 vs 848 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Tensor (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 20% smaller sized transistor than Tensor (4 vs 5 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 33.25% better AnTuTu 9 score than Tensor (965 K vs 724 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Tensor.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Tensor

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip +35%
964952
Tensor
724169
CPU 247110 181161
GPU 408357 294446
Memory 162944 103174
UX 146541 145388
Total score 964952 724169
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
A16 Bionic chip +82%
1870
Tensor
1026
Multi-Core Score
A16 Bionic chip +90%
5474
Tensor
2879
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 A16
48%
Tensor
Score: 9862

Stability 79% 56%
Graphics test 59 FPS 37 FPS
Score 9862 6235

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and Google Tensor

Display

Max On-Device Display - 4k, FHD+ @ 60 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution - 3840 x 2160
Max External Display - -
HDR - HDR
Color Depth - -
Color Gamut - -

  CPU

92%
Apple A16
74%
Tensor
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB 3 MB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 16 Billion -
TDP 8 W 5.6 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali-G78 MP20
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 848 MHz
Execution units 6 20
Shading units 768 320
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

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 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Tensor Processing Unit
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
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, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
N/A
Tensor
N/A
5G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
7500
Tensor
7350
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
N/A
Tensor
N/A
5G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
3500
Tensor
3670
Modem - Exynos 5300g
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7350 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced Date September 2022 October 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 S5E9845
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Tensor official site
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
CPU
61%
GPU
63%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

71.25


Review By TenzysTech
Google Tensor
Google Tensor
CPU
36%
GPU
34%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

38


Review By TenzysTech

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