Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2400MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A16 Bionic Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7894 TFLOPS vs 0.284 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 17GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 2400MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 6nm)
Released 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+364%
1441069
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
310059
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
+529%
1789
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
284
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
3460 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
16 MB
L2 cache
-
4 nm
Process
6 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 610
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1110 MHz
5
Execution units
1
128
Shading units
128
6
Max size
8
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.284 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
X11
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
5.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Oct 2021
Flagship
Class
Low end
APL1W10
Model number
SM6225
