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.
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 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 benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| 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
Multi-Core Score
| 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 A16100%
SD 8 Gen 2Score: 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 2Display
| 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 A1685%
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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| 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
71.25
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
50.75
Review By TenzysTech
