A16 Bionic chip Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoCs by Apple and Qualcomm 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.
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 73.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3460 vs 2000 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 55.33% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (1398 vs 900 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (4 vs 6 nm).
- A16 Bionic chip has 148.64% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (965 K vs 388 K).
- A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
- A16 Bionic chip Support 201.18% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (51.2 vs 17 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 247110 | 114597 |
GPU | 408357 | 93082 |
Memory | 162944 | 68776 |
UX | 146541 | 111637 |
Total score | 964952 | 388092 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
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 A168%
SD 4 Gen 1Score: 9862
Stability | 79% | - |
Graphics test | 59 FPS | 6 FPS |
Score | 9862 | 1034 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1Display
Max On-Device Display | - | FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | - | - |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | - | - |
Color Depth | - | - |
Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
92%
Apple A1653%
SD 4 Gen 1
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 6 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2020 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3460 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | - |
L1 cache | 256 KB | - |
L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
Transistor count | 16 Billion | - |
TDP | 8 W | - |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Adreno 619 |
Architecture | Apple GPU | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 900 MHz |
Execution units | 6 | 4 |
Shading units | 768 | - |
FLOPS | - | - |
Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Yes |
Storage type | NVMe | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 108MP |
Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | - | Snapdragon X51 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 900 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | September 2022 | October 2022 |
Class | Flagship | Low end |
Model number | APL1W10 | SM4375 |
Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site |