Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. 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 860

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

2638

Snapdragon 860

996

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

6817

Snapdragon 860

2580

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	4 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million	6700 million
TDP	8 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Adreno 640
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	675 MHz
Execution units	5	3
Shaders	640	768
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2796x1290	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@120fps
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	1.24 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS