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)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
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
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
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
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%
