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Apple A16 Bionic vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
Flagship
VS
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Flagship

In Geekbench, the Apple A16 Bionic is 30% faster in single-core and 1% faster in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 does better: newer Arm instruction set (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.6-A) and more GPU compute power (2355 GFLOPS vs 1.789 TFLOPS).

Apple A16 Bionic vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4: key differences

Apple A16 Bionic

Apple A16 Bionic

  • 1% faster in Geekbench multi-core

    6,562 vs 6,511

  • 30% faster in Geekbench single-core

    2,686 vs 2,073

  • Higher peak CPU clock

    3460 MHz vs 3200 MHz

  • Larger L3 cache

    24 MB vs 8 MB

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.6-A

  • More GPU compute power

    2355 GFLOPS vs 1.789 TFLOPS

  • Newer RAM type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5

  • Faster RAM

    4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Apple A16 Bionic 16,28,011
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Geekbench Single-Core

Apple A16 Bionic +30% faster 2,686
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Geekbench Multi-Core

Apple A16 Bionic +1% faster 6,562
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Apple A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date September 2022 Apirl 2025
Chipset Class Flagship Flagship
Manufacturer Apple Qualcomm
Model Number APL1W10 SM8735

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-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720
Max Frequency 3460 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction Set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
Process Node 4 nm 4 nm
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
L2 Cache 16 MB 6 MB
L3 Cache 24 MB 8 MB
TDP 8 W -

GPU

GPU Name Apple A16 GPU Adreno 825
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1150 MHz
Shading Units 128 512
FLOPS 1.789 TFLOPS 2355 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 4.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support 48 MP 320 MP
Video Capture 4K at 60FPS, 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60 FPS
Max Display Resolution 2796 x 1290 WQHD+
Video Playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 4.2 Gbps
Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6E 7
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS

Links

Official page - Visit

Benchmark results

Apple A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

AnTuTu v11

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Total 16,28,011 23,14,089
CPU 5,40,612 6,98,018
GPU 3,34,126 7,98,999
Memory 2,11,032 3,16,914
UX 5,42,241 5,00,158

Geekbench

Single-Core 2,686 2,073
Multi-Core 6,562 6,511

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Apple A16 Bionic Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
CPU Score
70
75
GPU Score
80
84
Memory Score
76
96
Total Score
75
85

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