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Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip

33

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G

Snapdragon 732g
Overview - A16 Bionic chip Vs Snapdragon 732g

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 732g 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A16 Bionic chip 51
Snapdragon 732g 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 54
Snapdragon 732g 12
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
Snapdragon 732g 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 64
Snapdragon 732g 33
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip Snapdragon 732g
CPU 247110 101696
GPU 408357 92391
Memory 162944 54702
UX 146541 96441
Total score 964952 345230
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A16 Bionic

  • A16 Bionic chip has 50.43% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 732g (3460 vs 2300 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 72.59% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 732g (1398 vs 810 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 242.98% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 732g (6400 vs 1866 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 50% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 732g (4 vs 8 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 179.51% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 732g (965 K vs 345 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 732g.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 1870
Snapdragon 732g 565

Multi-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 5474
Snapdragon 732g 1778

Image compression

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A16 Bionic chip 243.5
Snapdragon 732g 108.4

Face detection

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A16 Bionic chip 46.4
Snapdragon 732g 13.8

Speech recognition

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A16 Bionic chip 141.8
Snapdragon 732g 26.7

Machine learning

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A16 Bionic chip 117.1
Snapdragon 732g 25.8

Camera shooting

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A16 Bionic chip 54.3
Snapdragon 732g 15.6

HTML 5

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A16 Bionic chip 5.9
Snapdragon 732g 1.58

SQLite

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A16 Bionic chip 1430
Snapdragon 732g 549.4

3DMark

51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
6%
Snapdragon 732g
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - Up to QHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 3360 x 1440
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

57%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
     2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB -
  • L3 cache - 1 MB
  • Process 4 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count 16 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 618
  • Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 810 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units 768 128
  • FLOPS - 435 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.1
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 688
  • Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3360 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 800 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G

Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
CPU
17%
GPU
12%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 732g?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 50.43% higher clock speed (3460 MHz vs 2300 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 732g?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 72.59% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 810 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 732g?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 242.98% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 732g?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A16 Bionic chip with a 50% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 8 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 732g?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A16 Bionic chip with a 179.51% better score (964952 vs 345230).