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Apple A16 Bionic vs Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
60 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
22 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
18C / 18T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A16 Bionic
9 %
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
Apple M5 Max (40 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Apple A16 (2) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | A16 | M5 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
| Successor | Apple A17 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 18 / 18 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
6x Super-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
12x Performance-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 22.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) | Apple M5 Max (40 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 640 / 5120 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 128 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q1/2026 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (614.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 8 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 8 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 60 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q1/2026 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 0.00 GHz
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