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Apple A5 vs Apple A16 Bionic
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A5
4 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A5
26 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A5
1 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | Apple A16 (2) |
| Architecture | A5 | A16 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple A6 | Apple A17 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Cortex-A9 1.00 GHz |
2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 32 | 20 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q3/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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