Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Apple A16 Bionic
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs. 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A16 Bionic 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7894 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 2342MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (8W vs 11W)
Released 6 years and 1 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
233076
Apple A16 Bionic
+518%
1441069
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
0.334 TFLOPS
Apple A16 Bionic
+435%
1.789 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
2342 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
4
Cores
6
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
1 MB
L2 cache
16 MB
-
-
-
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
16
11 W
TDP
8 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 530
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
653 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1
Execution units
5
256
Shading units
128
8
Max size
6
0.3343 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
29.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Neural Engine
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 680
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Storage type
NVMe
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
X12
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.1
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Aug 2016
Announced
Sep 2022
Flagship
Class
Flagship
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Model number
APL1W10
