Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

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

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

2638

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

1928

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

6817

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

5139

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	4 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million
TDP	8 Watt	5.5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Adreno 732
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	950 MHz
Execution units	5	3
Shaders	640	768
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2796x1290	3840x2160
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)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS