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Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Apple A16 Bionic and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 are 4 nm process mobile processors designed for high-performance smartphones.

The Apple-manufactured A16 Bionic (A16 architecture) integrates a 6-core CPU (2 performance, 4 efficiency cores) with 20 MB L2 and 24 MB L3 cache. Its Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) graphics unit and 51 GB/s memory bandwidth enable superior computing and graphics performance. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 utilizes an 8-core architecture (Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510) with one prime, three performance, and four efficiency cores.

The internal Qualcomm Adreno 725 graphics unit offers solid performance. The maximum memory bandwidth is 26 GB/s, which makes it ideal for Android smartphones with a good performance-to-price ratio. The Apple A16 Bionic shows significantly higher single-core and multi-core performance and is superior in gaming thanks to its stronger GPU and higher memory bandwidth.

Both 4 nm processors are energy-efficient. The Apple A16 Bionic is built into Apple's premium devices. The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 offers very strong performance and an excellent price-performance ratio in Android smartphones. The Apple A16 Bionic is ideal for users seeking top performance in the Apple ecosystem; the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is an excellent choice for powerful Android devices.

Apple A16 Bionic

Superior CPU and GPU performance
High memory bandwidth (51 GB/s)
Optimized for Apple's ecosystem
Exclusive to premium devices

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Very good price-performance ratio
Strong, balanced performance for Android
Good gaming performance
High energy efficiency

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Rank 2 - 62 %

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Rank 2 - 70 %

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

2,531

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,496

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

6,299

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

4,189

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

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

1,890

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,220

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

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

5,465

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

4,029

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)

1,789

Qualcomm Adreno 725

1,782

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

947,502 pts

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,010,270 pts

More benchmarks

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

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Family	Apple A series (27)	Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU group	Apple A16 (2)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 (1)
Architecture	A16	Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
Technology	4 nm	4 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor	Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Successor	Apple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Everest 3.46 GHz	1x Cortex-X2 2.91 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz	3x Cortex-A710 2.49 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		4x Cortex-A510 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
GPU name	Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)	Qualcomm Adreno 725
GPU frequency	0.40 - 1.34 GHz	0.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 640	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	0
Max. GPU Memory	6 GB
Technology	4 nm	4 nm
Release date	Q3/2022	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm AI engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS	Hexagon
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	6 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	1	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
TDP	10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Chip design	Chiplet	Chiplet
AES-NI	✗	✗
Operating systems	iOS	Android, Windows 10/11 (ARM)
Instruction set	Armv8.6-A (64 bit)	Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	Q3/2022	Q2/2023
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 has received 4.2 stars (78 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

★★★★★

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

★★★★★