Apple A14 Bionic vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A14 Bionic, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A14 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 A14 Bionic
1095315
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU310050381160
GPU323143472052
Memory173777258668
UX288345329468
NanoReview Score10953151441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stability69 %79 %
Graphics Test45 fps59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression167 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser105.5 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering116.4 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur17.6 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing51.5 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection95.7 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR147.6 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.18 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 3100 3460
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 11.8 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 A14 GPU Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 4 5
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 256 640
FLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS 1789.4 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS 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 6 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 2732x2048 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera n/a 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
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2020 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W01 APL1W10

Results

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

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