Apple A19
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Apple A16 Bionic

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A19 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs September 2022)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (3 nm (TSMC N3P) vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz vs 3460 MHz)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A19
Model Name
APL1W10
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
6
Cores
6
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
Technology
4 nm
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
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Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
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GPU frequency
1398 MHz
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FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
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Shading units
128
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Execution units
5
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Max display resolution
2796 x 1290

Connectivity

Gigabit LTE
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
16-core Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
4 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
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Storage type
NVMe
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
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Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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TDP
8 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19
3559 +39%
A16 Bionic
2562
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19
8710 +30%
A16 Bionic
6685
AnTuTu 10
A19
1918578 +35%
A16 Bionic
1421181