Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple A16 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (October 2023 vs September 2022)
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3300 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
October 2023
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 750
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
770 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
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
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
64 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
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 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
A16 Bionic
2562
+17%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+6%
A16 Bionic
6685
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908
A16 Bionic
1736
+91%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048
A16 Bionic
4975
+23%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+36%
A16 Bionic
1421181
