Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Apple A16 Bionic

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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: 67 Gbit/s (67 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (March 2024 vs September 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3460 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
March 2024
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
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 735
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
750 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
786
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
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
5.4
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
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
67 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
A16 Bionic
2562 +56%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
A16 Bionic
6685 +68%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775 +30%
A16 Bionic
1421181