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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 vs Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 600 (1)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureKraitA16
Technology28 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 45 / 5
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Krait
1.70 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 320Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.55 - 0.55 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader / 1616 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays03
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology28 nm4 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2025

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineApple Neural Engine
AI specificationsHexagon QDSP616 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB6 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2013Q1/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C / 4T · 1.70 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
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