Apple A16 Bionic vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (September 2022 vs June 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3500 MHz)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2022
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
APL1109
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz
16
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
-
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
M2 iPad
2633 +3%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
M2 iPad
9898 +48%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A16 Bionic
1736
M2 iPad
1854 +7%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
4975
M2 iPad
8464 +70%
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
M2 iPad
2860 +60%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
M2 iPad
2210856 +56%