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Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

Snapdragon 888 Plus
Overview - A16 Bionic chip Vs Snapdragon 888 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 888 Plus 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 888 Plus 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 54
Snapdragon 888 Plus 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
Snapdragon 888 Plus 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 64
Snapdragon 888 Plus 50
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU 247110 216591
GPU 408357 324286
Memory 162944 138188
UX 146541 167760
Total score 964952 846825
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 15.53% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (3460 vs 2995 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 54.48% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (1398 vs 905 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 Plus (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 20% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 Plus (4 vs 5 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 13.95% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 Plus (965 K vs 847 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888 Plus.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 1870
Snapdragon 888 Plus 1171

Multi-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 5474
Snapdragon 888 Plus 3704

Image compression

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A16 Bionic chip 243.5
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Face detection

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A16 Bionic chip 46.4
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Speech recognition

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A16 Bionic chip 141.8
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Machine learning

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A16 Bionic chip 117.1
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Camera shooting

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A16 Bionic chip 54.3
Snapdragon 888 Plus

HTML 5

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A16 Bionic chip 5.9
Snapdragon 888 Plus

SQLite

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A16 Bionic chip 1430
Snapdragon 888 Plus

3DMark

51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
30%
Snapdragon 888 Plus
Stability 99%

Graphics test 33 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 - Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2995 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
     1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
  • L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 4 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 16 Billion 10.3 Billion
  • TDP 8 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 660
  • Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 905 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units 768 512
  • FLOPS - 1853 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.1
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 780
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
  • 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 - X60
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3000 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • 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 888 Plus

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 15.53% higher clock speed (3460 MHz vs 2995 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 54.48% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 905 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 100.00% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 3200 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A16 Bionic chip with a 20% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 5 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A16 Bionic chip with a 13.95% better score (964952 vs 846825).