Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Frequency
3460 MHz
2840 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
4 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
16
6.7
TDP
8 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Adreno 640
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
585 MHz
Execution units
5
2
Shading units
128
384
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
34.13 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 690
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Sep 2022
Dec 2018
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W10
SM8150
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,441,069
592,031
Geekbench 6
2,627
939
Geekbench 6
6,838
2,855
FP32 (float)
1,789
898
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.