Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A12 Bionic, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A12 Bionic 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 A12 Bionic
700191
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU198067381160
GPU185355472052
Memory152138258668
UX164631329468
NanoReview Score7001911441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stability69 %79 %
Graphics Test31 fps59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression108.3 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser61.7 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering78.6 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur10.6 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing36.4 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection21.4 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR89.6 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.35 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 2490 3460
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 6.9 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A12 GPU Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1125 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 4 5
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 256 640
FLOPS 576 GFLOPS 1789.4 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 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 2688x1242 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Intel XMM 7560 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 350 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2018 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W81 APL1W10

Results

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

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