Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Apple A16 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (January 2021 vs September 2022)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
January 2021
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8250-AC
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
10.3
Transistor count
16
GPU Specifications
Adreno 650
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
670 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.3721 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon 698
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
1 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 870
1151
A16 Bionic
2562
+123%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 870
3336
A16 Bionic
6685
+100%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 870
794278
A16 Bionic
1421181
+79%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 870
1345
A16 Bionic
1788
+33%
