Apple A16 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A16 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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: 4600 MHz (3460 MHz vs 4600 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2022 vs September 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2022
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
SM8850
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz
16
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.3
Bluetooth
6.0
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
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L3 cache
16 MB
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+47%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+89%
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+102%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+194%
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