Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A16 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
September 2022
March 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Mid range
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W10
SM7475-AB
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
4 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3460 MHz
2910 MHz
Transistor count
16
10.2
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Adreno 725
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
580 MHz
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3360 x 1600
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
Execution units
5
2
Shading units
128
768
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12.1
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
25.6 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
16 MB
2 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 200MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
TDP
8 W
6 W
Advantages
Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 25.6 Gbit/s)
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
- Newer Launch Date: March 2023 (September 2022 vs March 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+51%
2562
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1699
Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+51%
6685
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4419
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+23%
1406969
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1146404
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
1770
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+2%
1799
SiliconCat Rating
12
Ranks 12 among all SOC on our website
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
