Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A16 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (December 2021 vs September 2022)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2021
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8450
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 730
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
818 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
2.5128 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
768
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
1 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
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 3.1
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
5.3 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
A16 Bionic
2562
+54%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
A16 Bionic
6685
+66%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
623
A16 Bionic
1736
+179%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2142
A16 Bionic
4975
+132%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
A16 Bionic
1421181
+30%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462
+38%
A16 Bionic
1788
