Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A10 Fusion, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A16 Bionic
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A10 Fusion
398082
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU130186381160
GPU87953472052
Memory74543258668
UX105400329468
NanoReview Score3980821441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A10 Fusion
2632
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stability67 %79 %
Graphics Test15 fps59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A10 Fusion
878
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A10 Fusion
1319
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression47.8 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser38.7 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering41.8 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur3.5 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing12 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection12.1 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR47.3 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.53 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane
- 2x 1.05 GHz – Zephyr
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 4 6
Frequency 2340 3460
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 64 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 3.3 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model PowerVR GT7600 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 650 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 6 5
Shader Units 32 128
Total shader 192 640
FLOPS 249.6 GFLOPS 1789.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 1.2 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 1333 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 2048x1536 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Qualcomm MDM9645M n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 100 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2016 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W24 APL1W10

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A16 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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