Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
819661
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU237856381160
GPU281535472052
Memory125373258668
UX174897329468
NanoReview Score8196611441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stability90 %79 %
Graphics Test25 fps59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression148.4 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur10.8 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection72.7 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3200 3460
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 10.3 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 Adreno 650 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 3 5
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 768 640
FLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS 1789.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 698 Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- 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 X55 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8250-AC APL1W10

Results

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

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