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Apple A16 Bionic vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic

Apple

Flagship
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Qualcomm

Flagship

Across 12 measured categories, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 comes out ahead.

Apple A16 Bionic 3 wins
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 6 wins

I put the Apple A16 Bionic and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 3 runs the Adreno 750. 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

3 advantages

  • 24% faster Geekbench single-core score

    2,686 vs 2,162

  • 60 MHz higher CPU clock

    3460 MHz vs 3400 MHz

  • Larger L3 cache

    24 MB vs 12 MB

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

6 advantages

  • 45% higher AnTuTu score

    23.68 Lakhs vs 16.28 Lakhs

  • 1% faster Geekbench multi-core score

    6,626 vs 6,562

  • Newer CPU architecture

    ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.6-A

  • Higher GPU FLOPS

    3584 GFLOPS vs 1.789 TFLOPS

  • Newer memory type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5

  • 1,600 MHz higher RAM speed

    4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Benchmark charts

AnTuTu v11 Total

Apple A16 Bionic 16,28,011
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +45% faster 23,68,420

Geekbench Single-Core

Apple A16 Bionic +24% faster 2,686
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,162

Geekbench Multi-Core

Apple A16 Bionic 6,562
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +1% faster 6,626

Specifications Comparison

Here is how the Apple A16 Bionic and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 3
Overview
Launch Date September 2022 October 2023
Chipset Class Flagship Flagship
Manufacturer Apple Qualcomm
Model Number APL1W10 SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
CPU
Total Cores 6 8
Core Configuration 2x 3.46 GHz Everest Performance cores
4x 2.02 GHz Sawtooth Efficiency cores		 1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
3x 3.15 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.96 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.27 GHz - Cortex A520
Max Frequency 3460 MHz 3400 MHz
Instruction Set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
Process Node 4 nm TSMC 4 nm
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
L2 Cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 24 MB 12 MB
TDP 8 W 8 W
GPU
GPU Name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 750
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 903 MHz - 1000 MHz
Shading Units 128 1536
FLOPS 1.789 TFLOPS 3584 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 4800 MHz
Memory Bus 4x 16-bit 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size 6 GB 24 GB
Storage Type NVMe 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 at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
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 X75 5G
Network Support 5G 5G
Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 10 Gbps
Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps Up to 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6E 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC
Links
Official page - Visit

Benchmark results

Apple A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
AnTuTu v11
Total 16,28,011 23,68,420
CPU 5,40,612 6,52,232
GPU 3,34,126 8,24,065
Memory 2,11,032 3,30,935
UX 5,42,241 5,61,188
Geekbench
Single-Core 2,686 2,162
Multi-Core 6,562 6,626

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Apple A16 Bionic Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU Score
70
76
GPU Score
80
86
Memory Score
76
95
Total Score
75
86

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