Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2022 vs October 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2022
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
16
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 750
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
+17%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+6%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A16 Bionic
1736
+91%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
4975
+23%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+36%
