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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 vs Apple A16 Bionic
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
97 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ3 (1) | Apple A16 (2) |
| Architecture | Kryo 680 | A16 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple A17 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Kryo 680 Gold 3.00 GHz |
2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Kryo 680 Silver 2.40 GHz |
4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Qualcomm Adreno 690 | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 20 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 0 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2020 | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 | 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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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-2133 (68.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 | 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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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Android, Windows 10 (ARM) | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q3/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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