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Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip

39

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Snapdragon 860
Overview - A16 Bionic chip Vs Snapdragon 860

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 860 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 860 24
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 54
Snapdragon 860 19
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
Snapdragon 860 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 64
Snapdragon 860 39
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip Snapdragon 860
CPU 247110 143028
GPU 408357 179320
Memory 162944 69420
UX 146541 72190
Total score 964952 463958
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 16.89% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (3460 vs 2960 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 107.11% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (1398 vs 675 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 107.98% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (965 K vs 464 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 1870
Snapdragon 860 744

Multi-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 5474
Snapdragon 860 2616

Image compression

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A16 Bionic chip 243.5
Snapdragon 860 142.85

Face detection

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A16 Bionic chip 46.4
Snapdragon 860 20.3

Speech recognition

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A16 Bionic chip 141.8
Snapdragon 860 44.55

Machine learning

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A16 Bionic chip 117.1
Snapdragon 860 46.35

Camera shooting

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A16 Bionic chip 54.3
Snapdragon 860 22.85

HTML 5

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A16 Bionic chip 5.9
Snapdragon 860 1.65

SQLite

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A16 Bionic chip 1430
Snapdragon 860 777.9

3DMark

51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
18%
Snapdragon 860
Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

73%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
     1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.1-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB -
  • L3 cache - 2 MB
  • Process 4 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count 16 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 640
  • Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 675 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units 768 384
  • FLOPS - 1037 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.1
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 690
  • Storage type NVMe EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • 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+ AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X24 LTE, X50 5G
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 5000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - 2000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - 316 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
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 860

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU
24%
GPU
19%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 860?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 16.89% higher clock speed (3460 MHz vs 2960 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 860?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 107.11% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 675 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 860?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 200.05% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 860?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A16 Bionic chip with a 42.86% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 7 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 860?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A16 Bionic chip with a 107.98% better score (964952 vs 463958).