Apple A8 vs Apple A16 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A8/A8X Apple A16
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  8 16
• Predecessor
  Apple A7 Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A9 -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Typhoon 2x Everest
• B-Core
  - 4x Sawtooth
• Base Frequency
  1.1 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• CPU Threads
  2 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  1.5 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 3.46 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2.02 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.

• Execution units
  4 160
• Generation
  5 13
• GPU Frequency
  530 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A8 Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2022
• Shader
  128 1280
• Technology
  20 nm 4 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A16 Bionic and Apple A8. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  2 GB 6 GB
• Memory channels
  1 1 (Single Channel)
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 LPDDR5-6400
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 51.2 GB/s

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A8 and Apple A16 Bionic Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  5 W 8.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A8 and Apple A16 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A8 A16
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1 MB 20 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 24 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2022
• Technology
  20 nm 4 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Operating systems
  - iOS