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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 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 6 Gen 1Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 6 (1)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureKryo Gold / Kryo SilverA16
Technology4 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 85 / 5
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A78
2.20 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A55
1.80 GHz
3x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 610Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.00 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader / 12816 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays03
Max. GPU Memory4 GB6 GB
Technology11 nm4 nm
Release dateQ2/2019Q1/2025

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineApple Neural Engine
AI specificationsHexagon16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR5-5500 (22.0 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB6 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple 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 6 Gen 1Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid, Windows 10 (ARM)iOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2023Q1/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz

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