Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched A16 Bionic chip and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoCs, developed by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
Review
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
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
- A16 Bionic chip has 8.13% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (3460 vs 3200 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 52.38% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (6400 vs 4200 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 ( 51.2 vs MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -29.90 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 980 vs 1398 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 32.31 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip ( 1277 K vs 965 K).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 247110 | 270867 |
| GPU | 408357 | 567801 |
| Memory | 162944 | 239879 |
| UX | 146541 | 198202 |
| Total score | 964952 | 1276749 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 79% | - |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 81 FPS |
| Score | 9862 | 12967 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3460MHz | 3200MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 16 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Adreno 740 |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | - |
| Shading units | 768 | - |
| Total shaders | 1536 | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5x |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1 x 200 MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2022 | November 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W10 | SM8550-AB |
| Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site |