Apple A16 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1080
We’ve thoroughly compared the latest A16 Bionic chip vs Exynos 1080 SoCs, developed by Apple and Samsung respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key 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 23.57% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (3460 vs 2800 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 132.73% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1080 (6400 vs 2750 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1080 (4 vs 5 nm).
- A16 Bionic chip has 38.47 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1080 (965 K vs 697 K).
- A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1080.
- A16 Bionic chip supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1080 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).
Pros of Exynos 1080
- Exynos 1080 has -42.78 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 800 vs 1398 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 247110 | 178651 |
| GPU | 408357 | 251983 |
| Memory | 162944 | 127596 |
| UX | 146541 | 138654 |
| Total score | 964952 | 696884 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 79% | - |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | - |
| Score | 9862 | - |
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 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3460MHz | 2800MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 16 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Mali-G78 MP10 |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 10 |
| Shading units | 768 | 160 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 320 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Processor |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| 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 | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 5100 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 1280 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2022 | November 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W10 | S5E9815 |
| Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Exynos 1080 official site |