Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. 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 888

801130

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

2638

Snapdragon 888

1119

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

6817

Snapdragon 888

3680

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-X1 (Kryo 680 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 680 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 680 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	4 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million	10300 million
TDP	8 Watt	8 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 780

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	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Adreno 660
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	840 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	512
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2796x1290	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 200MP, 2x 64MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
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	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS