Apple A16 Bionic
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Apple A12 Bionic

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Apple A12 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2490 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (September 2022 vs September 2018)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2022
Launch Date
September 2018
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
APL1W81
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
6
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
2490 MHz
16
Transistor count
6.9

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Apple A12 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1125 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.576 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
64
5
Execution units
4
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2688 x 1242
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
No
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

16 MB
L2 Cache
8 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
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, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.3-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +97%
A12 Bionic
1301
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +135%
A12 Bionic
2843
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A16 Bionic
1736 +58%
A12 Bionic
1102
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
4975 +103%
A12 Bionic
2449
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788 +204%
A12 Bionic
588
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +125%
A12 Bionic
630677