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.
Apple A16 Bionic

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Apple A16 Bionic. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Apple A16 Bionic.

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 & PCIe

The 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.

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 Management

The 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.

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: --

Benchmark results

Verified 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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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.

Apple M2 Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
2536
Apple M2 (8-GPU) Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
2536
Intel Core i7-1370P Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 5.20 GHz
2536
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
2531
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz
2528
Intel Core i7-12700KF Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
2528
Intel Core i7-12700K Intel Core i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
2528
Show all Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
6322
Intel Core i9-9900T Intel Core i9-9900T
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6315
Intel Core i5-11500T Intel Core i5-11500T
6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz
6306
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
6299
Intel Core i7-1250U Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
6296
Intel Core i7-1260U Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz
6296
Intel Xeon E-2276M Intel Xeon E-2276M
6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz
6288
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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.

Intel Core i7-13700H Intel Core i7-13700H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1893
Intel Core i7-13705H Intel Core i7-13705H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1893
Intel Core i7-13800HE Intel Core i7-13800HE
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1893
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
1890
Intel Core i9-12900T Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz
1878
Intel Core i7-11700B Intel Core i7-11700B
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1878
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1878
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
5503
Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
5485
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
5483
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
5465
Intel Core i7-9700T Intel Core i7-9700T
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
5465
Intel Core i7-9850HE Intel Core i7-9850HE
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
5446
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5437
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz
2048
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz
2048
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
Qualcomm Adreno 685 @ 0.65 GHz
2030
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) @ 0.70 GHz
2000
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) @ 1.95 GHz
1997
Intel Core i7-1355U Intel Core i7-1355U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz
1993
Intel Core i7-1365UE Intel Core i7-1365UE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz
1993
Show all iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) results



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.

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C 8T @ 3.05 GHz
1014250
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.91 GHz
1010270
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
948574
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
947502
Samsung Exynos 2200 Samsung Exynos 2200
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
917364
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
825450
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
825116
Show all AnTuTu 9 Benchmark results



Benchmarks


News and articles for the Apple A16 Bionic


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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