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Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 vs Apple A6

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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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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616
Qualcomm Adreno 405
53
Apple A6
Apple A6 100 %
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
68

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 616Apple A6
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 610 (4)Apple A6/A6X (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A53A6
Technology28 nm32 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A5
SuccessorApple A7

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A53
1.70 GHz
2x Swift
1.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.20 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 405PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
GPU frequency0.55 - 0.55 GHz0.27 GHz
CUs / Shader / 486 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory
Technology28 nm32 nm
Release dateQ1/2014Q3/2012

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon V50
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (6.4 GB/s)
LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB1 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2012
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 616
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616
8C / 8T · 1.70 GHz
Apple A6
Apple A6
2C / 2T · 1.30 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 616
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