Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A16 Bionic
1445875
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A16 Bionic
2638
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1136

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A16 Bionic
6817
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3365

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Prime)
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.6-A
Lithography 4 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 16000 million
TDP 8 Watt
Neural Processing NPU NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 6 Adreno 720
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 975 MHz
Execution units 5 2
Shaders 640 512
OpenCL API 2.0
Vulkan API 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2796x1290 3360x1600
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@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 5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2022 Quarter 3 2023 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W10 SM7550-AB
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end