Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest
A16 Bionic chip vs Snapdragon 860
SoCs, manufactured by
Apple and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed
the strengths and weaknesses of these
6-core and 8-core
processors based on Geekbench, Antutu,
and 3DMark results, along with a detailed
look at their technical specifications.
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
16.89%
higher CPU clock speed than
Snapdragon 860 (3460 vs 2960 MHz).
A16 Bionic chip has
200.05%
higher memory frequency than
Snapdragon 860 (6400
vs 2133 MHz).
A16 Bionic chip has
42.86%
smaller sized transistor
than
Snapdragon 860
(4
vs 7 nm).
A16 Bionic chip
has
107.98
%
better AnTuTu 9
score than
Snapdragon 860 (965 K vs
464
K).
A16 Bionic chip has the
latest
instruction
set, hence
better than
Snapdragon 860.
A16 Bionic chip
supports
50.01
%
higher
memory
bandwidth
than
Snapdragon 860
(
51.2
vs
34.13
MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 860
Snapdragon 860
has
-51.72
%
higher
GPU
clock
speed
than
A16 Bionic chip
(
675
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
143028
GPU
408357
179320
Memory
162944
69420
UX
146541
72190
Total score
964952
463958
GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and
multithreaded CPU
performance
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics
performance in Vulkan
(Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability
79%
98%
Graphics test
59 FPS
20 FPS
Score
9862
3455
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity
9300
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores
6
8
Base Frequency
2020MHz
1800MHz
Turbo Frequency
3460MHz
2960MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv8.1-A
L2 cache
256 KB
-
L2 cache
16 MB
-
L3 cache
-
2 MB
Process
4 nanometers
7 nanometers
Transistor count
16 billion
-
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
8 W
10 W
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Adreno 640
Architecture
Apple GPU
Adreno 600
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
675 MHz
Pipelines
6
2
Shading units
768
384
Total shaders
1536
768
FLOPS
-
1037 Gigaflops
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 690
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
-
-
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
34.13 Gbit/s
Max size
8 GB
16 GB
Storage type
NVMe
EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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
Modem
-
X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed 5G
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed 4G
-
Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed 5G
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 4G
-
Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS