Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 750G SoCs, brought to you by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.

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 750G (3460 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 750G (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 50.00% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 750G (4 vs 8 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 193.27 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 750G (965 K vs 329 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 750G.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 750G ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 750G
  • Snapdragon 750G has -40.99 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 825 vs 1398 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 247110 115426
GPU 408357 77754
Memory 162944 66679
UX 146541 69173
Total score 964952 329032

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 3 FPS
Score 9862 639

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 570 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 570 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 256 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 512 MB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 619
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 825 MHz
Pipelines 6 2
Shading units 768 128
Total shaders 1536 256
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 694

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 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2220 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 20MP
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, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - X52
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2022 September 2020
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number APL1W10 SM7225
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Snapdragon 750G official site