Apple A16 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1280. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple A series Samsung Exynos
• CPU group
  Apple A16 Samsung Exynos 1280
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  16 6
• Predecessor
  Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) --

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  6 / 6 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Everest 2x Cortex-A78
• B-Core
  4x Sawtooth 6x Cortex-A55
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.46 GHz 2.40 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.02 GHz 2.00 GHz

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) ARM Mali-G68 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.70 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  160 4
• Shader
  1280 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Generation
  13 Vallhall 2
• Direct X
  -- 12
• Technology
  4 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q2/2020

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 1280 and Apple A16 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR4XLPDDR5
• Max. Memory
  6 GB
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 4 (Quad Channel)
• Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s --
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A16 Bionic and Samsung Exynos 1280 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

• Technology
  4 nm 5 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A --
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB --
• Architecture
  A16 Cortex-A78/-A55
• Operating systems
  iOS Android
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q1/2022
• Documents
  -- Technical data sheet