Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 765G SoCs, designed by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 6-core and 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 44.17% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 765G (3460 vs 2400 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 765G (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 765G (4 vs 7 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 195.29 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 765G (965 K vs 327 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 765G.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 765G ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 765G
  • Snapdragon 765G has -46.35 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 750 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 103525
GPU 408357 93952
Memory 162944 65499
UX 146541 63810
Total score 964952 326786

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 10 FPS
Score 9862 1686

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
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)
1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 620
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 750 MHz
Pipelines 6 3
Shading units 768 192
Total shaders 1536 384
FLOPS - 576 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 696

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 eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3200 x 1800
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP
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+ AAC, 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 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2022 December 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W10 SM7250-AB
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Snapdragon 765G official site