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64

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Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip

27

Points
Samsung Exynos 850

Exynos 850
Overview - A16 Bionic chip Vs Exynos 850

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Exynos 850 SoCs by Apple and Samsung 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
Exynos 850 7
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 54
Exynos 850 4
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
Exynos 850 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 64
Exynos 850 27
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip Exynos 850
CPU 247110 47291
GPU 408357 21386
Memory 162944 40704
UX 146541 22040
Total score 964952 131421
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 70.49% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 850 (1398 vs 820 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 242.98% higher memory frequency than Exynos 850 (6400 vs 1866 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 50% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 850 (4 vs 8 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 634.24% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 850 (965 K vs 131 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 850.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 1870
Exynos 850 150

Multi-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 5474
Exynos 850 937

Image compression

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A16 Bionic chip 243.5
Exynos 850 74.3

Face detection

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A16 Bionic chip 46.4
Exynos 850 10.4

Speech recognition

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A16 Bionic chip 141.8
Exynos 850 16.7

Machine learning

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A16 Bionic chip 117.1
Exynos 850 12.4

Camera shooting

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A16 Bionic chip 54.3
Exynos 850 5.29

HTML 5

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A16 Bionic chip 5.9
Exynos 850 1.38

SQLite

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A16 Bionic chip 1430
Exynos 850 356.2

3DMark

51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
3%
Exynos 850
Stability 98%

Graphics test 3 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - Full HD+
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
     8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count 16 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 3 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali-G52 MP1
  • Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 820 MHz
  • Execution units 6 6
  • Shading units 768 96
  • FLOPS - 126 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.1
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine No
  • Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1
  • Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • 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 - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 300 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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%

Samsung Exynos 850

Samsung Exynos 850
CPU
7%
GPU
4%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Exynos 850?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 70.49% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 820 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Exynos 850?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 242.98% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A16 Bionic chip and Exynos 850?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A16 Bionic chip with a 50% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 8 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A16 Bionic chip and Exynos 850?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A16 Bionic chip with a 634.24% better score (964952 vs 131421).