Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 8 cores 3000MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A16 Bionic 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 3000MHz)
Released 9 months late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.5128 TFLOPS vs 1.7894 TFLOPS )
Lower TDP (5.3W vs 8W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+28%
1441069
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1118907
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
1789
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+40%
2512
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3460 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
16 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
4 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
5.3 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
5
Execution units
2
128
Shading units
768
6
Max size
24
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Snapdragon X65
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Dec 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W10
Model number
SM8450
