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Apple A16 Bionic vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic

Apple

Flagship
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Qualcomm

Flagship

Across 12 measured categories, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 comes out ahead.

Apple A16 Bionic 4 wins
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5 wins

I put the Apple A16 Bionic and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Apple A16 Bionic runs the Apple A16 GPU while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 runs the Adreno 740. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.

Where each chip wins

Apple A16 Bionic

Apple A16 Bionic

4 advantages

  • 30% faster Geekbench multi-core score

    6,562 vs 5,037

  • 38% faster Geekbench single-core score

    2,686 vs 1,942

  • 100 MHz higher CPU clock

    3460 MHz vs 3360 MHz

  • Larger L3 cache

    24 MB vs 8 MB

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

5 advantages

  • 8% higher AnTuTu score

    17.56 Lakhs vs 16.28 Lakhs

  • Newer CPU architecture

    ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.6-A

  • Higher GPU FLOPS

    2208.8 GFLOPS vs 1.789 TFLOPS

  • Newer memory type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5

  • 1,000 MHz higher RAM speed

    4200 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Benchmark charts

AnTuTu v11 Total

Apple A16 Bionic 16,28,011
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +8% faster 17,56,001

Geekbench Single-Core

Apple A16 Bionic +38% faster 2,686
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1,942

Geekbench Multi-Core

Apple A16 Bionic +30% faster 6,562
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5,037

Specifications Comparison

Here is how the Apple A16 Bionic and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.

Apple A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Overview
Launch Date September 2022 November 2022
Chipset Class Flagship Flagship
Manufacturer Apple Qualcomm
Model Number APL1W10 SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2
CPU
Total Cores 6 8
Core Configuration 2x 3.46 GHz Everest Performance cores
4x 2.02 GHz Sawtooth Efficiency cores		 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex X3
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A715
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2 GHz - Cortex A510
Max Frequency 3460 MHz 3360 MHz
Instruction Set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
Process Node 4 nm 4 nm
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
L2 Cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 24 MB 8 MB
TDP 8 W 8.5 W
GPU
GPU Name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 740
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 680 MHz
Shading Units 128 1024
FLOPS 1.789 TFLOPS 2208.8 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support No Yes
NPU Neural Engine Hexagon NPU
API Support Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
Memory & Storage
RAM Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory Bus 4x 16-bit 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 67.2 GB/s
Max RAM Size 6 GB 24 GB
Storage Type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Camera & Display
Camera Support 48 MP 200 MP
Video Capture 4K at 60FPS, 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
Max Display Resolution 2796 x 1290 4K
Video Playback 4K at 60FPS 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
Audio Codecs AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF, CAF AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 Snapdragon X70 5G
Network Support 5G 5G
Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 10 Gbps
Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6E 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Links
Official page - Visit

Benchmark results

Apple A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
AnTuTu v11
Total 16,28,011 17,56,001
CPU 5,40,612 5,58,984
GPU 3,34,126 4,39,885
Memory 2,11,032 3,01,880
UX 5,42,241 4,55,252
Geekbench
Single-Core 2,686 1,942
Multi-Core 6,562 5,037

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Apple A16 Bionic Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU Score
70
64
GPU Score
80
79
Memory Score
76
90
Total Score
75
78

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