Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. 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
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores 6 4
Instruction Set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 16000 million
TDP 8 Watt 11 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 6 Adreno 530
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 500
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 620 MHz
Execution units 5 2
Shaders 640 256
DirectX 11.2
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2796x1290 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.3 4.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2022 Quarter 3 2015 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W10 MSM8996
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A16 Bionic
1445875
Snapdragon 820
241750

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A16 Bionic
2638
Snapdragon 820
318

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A16 Bionic
6817
Snapdragon 820
798