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Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
A16 Bionic chip
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoCs, developed by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 6-core and 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
  • A16 Bionic chip has 57.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (3460 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 145.29 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (965 K vs 393 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 132.73 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 ( 51.2 vs 22 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 247110 105049
GPU 408357 110865
Memory 162944 90267
UX 146541 87211
Total score 964952 393392

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 79% -
Graphics test 59 FPS -
Score 9862 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth		 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1398 MHz -
Pipelines 6 -
Shading units 768 -
Total shaders 1536 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2022 September 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W10 SM6450
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site