Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (September 2022 vs May 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2022
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
APL1W10
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
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
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +54%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +59%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +21%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340