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Apple A16 Bionic vs Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Rank 2 - 95 %

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 25 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

2,531

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

6,299

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

23,970

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

1,890

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

1,793

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

5,465

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

24,055

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)

1,789

Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core)

21,200

AI performance (NPU)

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

17.0 TOPS

20C / 20T · 0.60 GHz

22.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Family	Apple A series (27)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Apple A16 (2)	Apple M1 (9)
Architecture	A16	M1
Technology	4 nm	5 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Notebook
Socket
Predecessor	Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Successor	Apple A17 Pro	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	20 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Everest 3.46 GHz	16x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz	4x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	52.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
GPU name	Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)	Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core)
GPU frequency	0.40 - 1.34 GHz	0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 640	1024 / 8192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	5
Max. GPU Memory	6 GB	64 GB
Technology	4 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2022	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS	32 Neural cores @ 22 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (819.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	6 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	1	8
ECC	No	No
PCIe		4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
TDP	10 W	60 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up		120 W
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	iOS	macOS
Instruction set	Armv8.6-A (64 bit)	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions		Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q3/2022	Q1/2022
Release price
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User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple A16 Bionic is 4.1 stars (254 ratings), while Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) has received 4.9 stars (221 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★