Apple A16 Bionic Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Apple A16 Bionic has 6 cores with 6 threads and is based on the 16. gen of the Apple A series series. The processor was released in Q3/2022. The Apple A16 Bionic scores 1,890 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,465 points.
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| Name: | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Family: | Apple A series |
| CPU group: | Apple A16 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 16 |
| Predecessor: | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Apple A16 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A16 Bionic is 3.46 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 6 / 6 |
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 2x Everest |
| B-Core: | 4x Sawtooth |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 3.46 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 2.02 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Apple A16 Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A16 Bionic uses the Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores), which has 1280 texture shaders and 160 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency: | 0.70 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 160 |
| Shader: | 1280 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 8 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 13 |
| Direct X: | -- |
| Technology: | 4 nm |
| Release date: | Q3/2022 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 6 GB memory in 1 (Single Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory: | 6 GB |
| Memory channels: | 1 (Single Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 51.2 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | -- |
| AES-NI: | No |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 8.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 8.5 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Apple A16 Bionic is made in 4 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 44.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 4 nm |
| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 24.00 MB |
| Architecture: | A16 |
| Operating systems: | iOS |
| Virtualization: | None |
| Instruction set (ISA): | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | |
| Release date: | Q3/2022 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Apple A16 Bionic have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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Screenshots:
- Geekbench 5.4.4 (6 GB LPDDR5), iOS 16
- Geekbench 5.4.4 on Apple iPhone 14 Pro (6 GB LPDDR5), iOS 16
- AnTuTu v9.1.2 on Apple iPhone 14 Pro (iOS 16)
- Geekbench 6.0.0 on Apple iPhone 14 Pro (iOS 16)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13905H
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-9900T
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-11500T
6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2276M
6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i7-13700H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13705H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13800HE
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11700B
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-9700T
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-9850HE
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
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AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
Qualcomm Adreno 685 @ 0.65 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) @ 0.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) @ 1.95 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1355U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1365UE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz |
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AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
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MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C 8T @ 3.05 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.91 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 2200
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,597 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,546 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,357 entries
2,357 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,330 entries
2,330 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,871 entries
1,871 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
85 entries
85 entries
News and articles for the Apple A16 Bionic
MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ vs Apple A16 and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
Posted by Stefan on 2022-09-22
With the Dimensity 9000+, Mediatek presents the latest of its smartphone chips. The successor to the Mediatek Dimensity 9000 achieves higher CPU and GPU clock frequencies thanks to better binning. The CPU clock of the prime core (A core) increases from 3.0 to 3.2 GHz. And the ARM Mali-G710 MP10 GPU can now clock at 0.9 GHz (previously 0.85 GHz).
Both are a good improvement over the Dimensity 9000 in theory but the increase in performance should not usually be noticeable in practice. In the end, the overall performance of the Mediatek Dimensity 9000+ is impressive: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is beaten in Geekbench 5 in both the single-core and multi-core benchmarks.
Both are a good improvement over the Dimensity 9000 in theory but the increase in performance should not usually be noticeable in practice. In the end, the overall performance of the Mediatek Dimensity 9000+ is impressive: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is beaten in Geekbench 5 in both the single-core and multi-core benchmarks.
What we know about the new Apple A16 Bionic in Apples iPhone 14
Posted by Stefan on 2022-08-23
Every year Apple releases a new iPhone series and with the release of the series always the latest Apple A processor. This has become even more important in recent years, as it has also formed the basis for Apple's M processor series since 2020. The Apple M processors are based on the same core architecture as the Apple A processors, but have been significantly upgraded in many areas such as memory bandwith, amount of memory or cache.
The Apple A16 Bionic was introduced at the Apple Keynote in September 2022, where it was used in the Apple iPhone Pro 14. The processor is manufactured using the 4-nanometer process and is based on a hybrid big.LITTLE architecture, with the 6 processor cores being divided into 2 high-performance cores and 4 efficient cores. The high-performance cores clock at 3.46 gigahertz and the efficiency cores at 2.02 gigahertz. Compared to the predecessor, the Apple A15 Bionic with 5 GPU cores, only the clock frequency of the high-performance cores has been increased by 0.23 gigahertz, the clock frequency of the efficient cores is identical. Hyperthreading is not supported by the processor and overclocking of the processor is also not possible.
The processor achieves a single-core value of 1890 points and a multi-core value of 5355 points in the Geekbench 5 benchmark, making it around 10 percent faster than the Apple A15 Bionic.
The internal graphics unit has been improved compared to the predecessor. On the one hand, it is manufactured using the 1 nanometer smaller 4-nanometer process and, on the other hand, the clock frequency is 0.10 gigahertz higher than the Apple A15 Bionic with 5 GPU cores. The GPU has 160 execution units with 1280 shakers and the maximum GPU memory is specified as 8 gigabytes. The GPU of the Apple A16 Bionic achieves a FP32 (single precision) processing power of 2 teraflops and is thus significantly faster than the GPU of the predecessor, which had an FP32 processing power of only 1.5 teraflops.
The Apple A16 Bionic has 6 gigabytes of LPDDR5-6400 RAM installed. The main memory achieves a bandwidth of 51.2 gigabytes / second via the one existing memory channel. There was also an update to the Apple A15 Bionic, which is also equipped with 6 gigabytes of RAM, but the slightly older and slower LPDDR4X-4266 RAM is installed here.
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