Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
vs
Apple A16 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus 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 (3200 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (May 2022 vs September 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
May 2022
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Adreno 730
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
900 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
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

Miscellaneous

-
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
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
A16 Bionic
2562 +54%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
A16 Bionic
6685 +59%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340
A16 Bionic
1421181 +21%