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Apple M1 (7-GPU) vs Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 92 %
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Rank 2 - 71 %
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
2,369
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
2,573
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8,576
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
6,120
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Apple M1 (7 Core)
2,290
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
1,431
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 GHz
11.0 TOPS
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
17.0 TOPS

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple M1 (7-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
FamilyApple M series (38)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple M1 (9)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureM1A16
Technology5 nm4 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M1 (7-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 85 / 5
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
3x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M1 (7-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
GPU nameApple M1 (7 Core)Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.30 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader112 / 89616 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory8 GB6 GB
Technology5 nm4 nm
Release dateQ4/2020Q1/2025

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M1 (7-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M1 (7-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB6 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M1 (7-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
TDP18 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up25 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M1 (7-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ4/2020Q1/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz

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