Apple A16 Bionic
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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: 4320 MHz (3460 MHz vs 4320 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (September 2022 vs October 2024)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2022
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
SM8750-AB
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
4320 MHz
16
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 830
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.744 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support: • 4K(3840×2160) @ 60 Hz • QHD+ @ 240 Hz

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
10
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
6
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
5300 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

16 MB
L2 Cache
24 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 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @ 120 FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @ 60 FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9 (64-бит)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3301 +29%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
Snapdragon 8 Elite
9848 +47%
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3819 +114%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3008864 +112%