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Samsung Exynos 990 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 47 %
Samsung Exynos 990
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 46 %
Samsung Exynos 990
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Samsung Exynos 990
8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz
1,144
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
2,531
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Samsung Exynos 990
8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz
2,645
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
6,299
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Samsung Exynos 990
8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz
923
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
1,890
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Samsung Exynos 990
8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz
2,779
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
5,465
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Samsung Exynos 990
ARM Mali-G77 MP11
1,126
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
1,789
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Samsung Exynos 990
8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz
15.0 TOPS
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
17.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Samsung Exynos 990Apple A16 Bionic
FamilySamsung Exynos (49)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupSamsung Exynos 990 (1)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureExynos M5/Cortex-A76/-A55A16
Technology7 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
SuccessorApple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Samsung Exynos 990Apple A16 Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Exynos M5
2.73 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 2x Cortex-A76
2.50 GHz
4x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache1.50 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Samsung Exynos 990Apple A16 Bionic
GPU nameARM Mali-G77 MP11Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.80 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader11 / 17620 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory4 GB6 GB
Technology7 nm4 nm
Release dateQ2/2019Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Samsung Exynos 990Apple A16 Bionic
AI hardwareSamsung AI engineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications2 NPU cores @ 15 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Samsung Exynos 990Apple A16 Bionic
MemoryLPDDR5-2750
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB6 GB
Memory channels41
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Samsung Exynos 990Apple A16 Bionic
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Samsung Exynos 990Apple A16 Bionic
Chip designUnknownChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2020Q3/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Samsung Exynos 990
Samsung Exynos 990
8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

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