Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
vs
Apple A16 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (May 2025 vs September 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (2800 MHz vs 3460 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
May 2025
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM7750-AB
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Adreno 722
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
256
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2880 x 1800
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 4200 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
16 MB
4 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1325
A16 Bionic
2562 +93%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4081
A16 Bionic
6685 +64%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
976058
A16 Bionic
1421181 +46%