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64

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Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip

60

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Overview - A16 Bionic chip Vs 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A16 Bionic chip 51
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 47
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 54
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 64
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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.
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

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 1870
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490

Multi-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 5474
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198

Image compression

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A16 Bionic chip 243.5
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3

Face detection

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A16 Bionic chip 46.4
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2

Speech recognition

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A16 Bionic chip 141.8
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9

Machine learning

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A16 Bionic chip 117.1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1

Camera shooting

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A16 Bionic chip 54.3
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7

HTML 5

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A16 Bionic chip 5.9
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81

SQLite

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A16 Bionic chip 1430
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510

3DMark

51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
66%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • 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
  • 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
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5x
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - 2500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - 316 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, 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 8 Gen 2

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
47%
GPU
46%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 8.13% higher clock speed (3460 MHz vs 3200 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 42.65% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 980 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 52.38% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 4200 MHz).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a 32.31% better score (1276749 vs 964952).

Choose between two processors

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