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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – specs and benchmarks

A16 Bionic chip Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
A16 Bionic chip
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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.
  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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
57
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip
63
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
60
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip
86
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip
70
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
68

Key Differences

Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • A16 Bionic chip has 8.13% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (3460 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 42.65% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (1398 vs 980 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 52.38% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (6400 vs 4200 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 32.31% better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip (1,277 K vs 965 K ).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip
964952
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +33%
1276749
CPU 247110 270867
GPU 408357 567801
Memory 162944 239879
UX 146541 198202
Total score 964952 1276749
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 +26%
1870
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1490
Multi-Core Score
A16 Bionic chip +5%
5474
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5198
Image compression 243.5 Mpixels/s 251.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection 46.4 images/s 46.2 images/s
Speech recognition 141.8 words/s 122.9 words/s
Machine learning 117.1 images/s 114.1 images/s
Camera shooting 54.3 images/s 51.7 images/s
HTML 5 5.9 Mnodes/s 5.81 Mnodes/s
SQLite 1430 Mnodes/s 1510 Mnodes/s

3DMark

76%
Apple A16
100%
SD 8 Gen 2
Score: 12967

Stability 79% -
Graphics test 59 FPS 81 FPS
Score 9862 12967

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Display

Max On-Device Display - 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution - 3840 x 2160
Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
HDR - HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10
Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut - Rec. 2020

  CPU

92%
Apple A16
85%
SD 8 Gen 2
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 16 Billion -
TDP 8 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 740
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 980 MHz
Execution units 6 -
Shading units 768 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.3
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
Max size 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1 x 200 MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, 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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
5G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
7500
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
5G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
3500
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Modem - Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date September 2022 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 SM8550-AB
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
57%
GPU
60%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

50.75


Review By TenzysTech

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