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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
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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
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
Qualcomm Adreno 619
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Specifications
At a glance
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple A16 (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (2) |
| Architecture | A16 | Kryo 460 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 8 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 5 / 5 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
8x Kryo 460 Gold 2.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
6x Kryo 460 Silver 1.80 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores) | Qualcomm Adreno 619 |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | 0.95 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 512 | / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 8 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2025 | Q2/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (17.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G |
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| TDP | 10 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q1/2025 | Q4/2021 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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