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Apple A16 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1380

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Exynos 1380
A16 Bionic chip
Exynos 1380

We’ve analyzed the newly launched A16 Bionic chip and Exynos 1380 SoCs, created by Apple and Samsung respectively. This comparison highlights the key differences and similarities between these 6-core and 8-core processors, evaluated through Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and other technical details.

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 Exynos 1380 (3460 vs 2400 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1380 (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1380 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 84.55 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1380 (965 K vs 523 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1380.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1380 ( 51.2 vs MHz).
Pros of Exynos 1380
  • Exynos 1380 has -32.05 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 950 vs 1398 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Exynos 1380

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 247110 151675
GPU 408357 135413
Memory 162944 110932
UX 146541 124860
Total score 964952 522880

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		 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali-G68 MP5
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 2
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 6 5
Shading units 768 -
Total shaders 1536 -
FLOPS - 608 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 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
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
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 3670 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2022 February 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W10 S5E8835
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Exynos 1380 official site