Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 265 Gold)
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 265 Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 4 nm 6 nm
Number of transistors 16000 million
TDP 8 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 686

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 6 Adreno 610
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 5 2
Shaders 640 128
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2796x1290 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps HD@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 0.39 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2022 Quarter 3 2021 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W10 SM6225
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A16 Bionic
1445875
Snapdragon 680
263857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A16 Bionic
2638
Snapdragon 680
367

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A16 Bionic
6817
Snapdragon 680
1432