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Apple A11 Bionic vs Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 43 %
Apple A11 Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 33 %
Apple A11 Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A11 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.39 GHz
1,093
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
2,573
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A11 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.39 GHz
1,997
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
6,120
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A11 Bionic
Apple A11
409
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
1,431
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple A11 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.39 GHz
0.6 TOPS
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
17.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A11 BionicApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple A11 (1)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureA11A16
Technology10 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A10 FusionApple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
SuccessorApple A12 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A11 BionicApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 65 / 5
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Monsoon
2.39 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Mistral
1.19 GHz
3x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A11 BionicApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
GPU nameApple A11Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency1.07 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 19216 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory3 GB6 GB
Technology10 nm4 nm
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2025

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A11 BionicApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications2 Neural cores @ 0.6 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A11 BionicApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory3 GB6 GB
Memory channels11
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A11 BionicApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
TDP8 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A11 BionicApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A11 Bionic
Apple A11 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.39 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz

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Apple A11 Bionic
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