Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
vs
Apple A16 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 (2840 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (December 2020 vs September 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2020
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8350
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Adreno 660
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
840 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.72 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
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
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
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
10 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon 780
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 888
1481
A16 Bionic
2562 +73%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 888
3794
A16 Bionic
6685 +76%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 888
717
A16 Bionic
1736 +142%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 888
2413
A16 Bionic
4975 +106%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 888
1754
A16 Bionic
1788 +2%