Apple A16 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 990
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2730MHz Samsung Exynos 990 . 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 1.126 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 44GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 2730MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Lower TDP (8W vs 9W)
Released 2 years and 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+103%
1441069
Samsung Exynos 990
707030
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
+58%
1789
Samsung Exynos 990
1126
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
3460 MHz
Frequency
2730 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
16 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
7 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
9 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G77 MP11
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
800 MHz
5
Execution units
11
128
Shading units
64
6
Max size
16
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.126 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
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
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Exynos 5123
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.3
Bluetooth
5.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Oct 2019
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W10
Model number
S5E9830
