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Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Snapdragon 695
A16 Bionic chip
Snapdragon 695

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 695 SoCs, from Apple and Qualcomm respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 6-core and 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

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 695 (3460 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 695 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 695 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 159.81 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 695 (965 K vs 371 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 695.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 695 ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 695
  • Snapdragon 695 has -39.91 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 840 vs 1398 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Snapdragon 695

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 247110 115765
GPU 408357 93638
Memory 162944 60715
UX 146541 101282
Total score 964952 371400

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% 99%
Graphics test 59 FPS 7 FPS
Score 9862 1204

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		 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1700MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 619
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 840 MHz
Pipelines 6 -
Shading units 768 128
Total shaders 1536 256
FLOPS - 536 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2022 October 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number APL1W10 SM6375
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Snapdragon 695 official site