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