Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 782G 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 28.15% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 782G (3460 vs 2700 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 782G (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 782G (4 vs 6 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 56.70 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 782G (965 K vs 616 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 782G.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 782G ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 782G
  • Snapdragon 782G has -60.66 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 550 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 172419
GPU 408357 233993
Memory 162944 98521
UX 146541 110849
Total score 964952 615782

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
1x 2.7 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime core (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (also Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2700MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion 4.68 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 642L
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 550 MHz
Pipelines 6 -
Shading units 768 512
Total shaders 1536 1024
FLOPS - 906.58 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon 770

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x200 MP, 2x64 MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30 FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60 FPS
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 - X53
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6/6E
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GLONASS, NavIC, Beidou, GPS, QZSS, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2022 November 2022
Class Flagship mid-range
Model number APL1W10 SM7325-AF
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Snapdragon 782G official site