Apple A16 Bionic
vs
Apple M3 iPad

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Apple M3 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4050 MHz (3460 MHz vs 4050 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2022 vs October 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2022
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
M3 iPad
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
4x 4.05 GHz, 4x 2.75 GHz
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
4050 MHz
16
Transistor count
25

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Apple M3 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1520 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.502 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
144
5
Execution units
-
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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

-
L1 Cache
256 KB
16 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
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
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
M3 iPad
2976 +16%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
M3 iPad
11540 +73%
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
M3 iPad
3432 +92%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
M3 iPad
2185984 +54%