Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A16 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (September 2021 vs September 2022)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2021
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
APL1W10
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
6
Cores
6
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
15
Transistor count
16
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
5
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
12 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
A16 Bionic
2562
+10%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
A16 Bionic
6685
+16%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
A16 Bionic
1736
+4%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
A16 Bionic
4975
+11%
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
A16 Bionic
1421181
+8%
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
A16 Bionic
1788
+7%
