Apple A16 Bionic
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Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2022
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
Released
Q2/2017
Overall score
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

What's the best choice Apple A16 Bionic or Qualcomm Snapdragon 835? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Apple A16 Bionic has a maximum frequency of 3.46 GHz. 6 / 6 Cores. Power consumption of 8.5 W. Released in Q3/2022.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 has a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q2/2017.

Differences

Apple A16 Bionic Reasons to consider
Apple A16 Bionic
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    162 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 45% better clock speed

    3.46 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A16 Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    62 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    495 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    107 place
  • AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
    5 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    49 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1156 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.33 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1272 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1117 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    580 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    61 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    277 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    Apple A series left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon
  • CPU group
    Apple A16 left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon 830
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    16 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) left arrow Qualcomm Adreno 540
  • GPU frequency
    0.70 GHz left arrow 0.71 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 0.71 GHz
  • Execution units
    160 left arrow 0
  • Shader
    1280 left arrow 384
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 0
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 5
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2022 left arrow Q1/2017
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Apple A16 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR5-6400 left arrow LPDDR4X-1866
  • Max. Memory
    6 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    1 (Single Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    8.5 W left arrow
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A16 Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • L2-Cache
    20.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    24.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    A16 left arrow Kryo 280
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Release date
    Q3/2022 left arrow Q2/2017
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow MSM8998

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1890
Apple A16 Bionic
372
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
5465
Apple A16 Bionic
1461
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
2000
Apple A16 Bionic
567
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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