Apple A16 Bionic
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Apple M4 iPad

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Apple M4 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: 4400 MHz (3460 MHz vs 4400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (September 2022 vs May 2024)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2022
Launch Date
May 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
Tablet
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
M4 iPad
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz, 6x 2.88 GHz
6
Cores
10
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
4400 MHz
16
Transistor count
28 billion

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1470 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
10
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
External display up to 6K @ 60Hz

Connectivity

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

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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
-
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1 decode
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K H.264,HEVC,ProRes,ProRes RAW,AV1
8 W
TDP
20 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARM-based
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
M4 iPad
3842 +50%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
M4 iPad
14383 +115%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
M4 iPad
2767758 +95%