Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
vs
Apple A16 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (May 2025 vs September 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (2800 MHz vs 3460 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
May 2025
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM7750-AB
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Adreno 722
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
256
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2880 x 1800
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
4 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1325
A16 Bionic
2562 +93%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4081
A16 Bionic
6685 +64%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
976058
A16 Bionic
1421181 +46%