Apple A16 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A16 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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: April 2025 (September 2022 vs April 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2022
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
SM8735
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
16
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 825
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
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
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L3 cache
8 MB
16 MB
L2 Cache
2.75 MB
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 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
+21%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
+6%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2230196
+57%
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