Samsung Exynos 7870 vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 7870, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 7870 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
Samsung Exynos 7870
144731
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU52962381160
GPU8716472052
Memory40069258668
UX42984329468
NanoReview Score1447311441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 7870
n/a
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stabilityn/a79 %
Graphics Testn/a59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 7870
172
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 7870
492
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression28.1 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser15.9 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering20.3 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur0.57 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing4.16 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection5.6 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR15 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing785.2 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture 8x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 - 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 1600 3460
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 14 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 2 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 3 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-T830 MP1 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Midgard 4th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 700 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 1 5
Shader Units 16 128
Total shader 16 640
FLOPS 22.4 GFLOPS 1789.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 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 LPDDR3 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 933 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 1x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 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 eMMC 5.1 NVMe
Max. resolution 1920x1200 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x16 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Shannon 315 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 6 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 50 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 4.1 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced February, 2016 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename n/a APL1W10

Results

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

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