Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
3460 MHz
2800 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
4 nm
6 nm
Transistor count
16
-
TDP
8 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Adreno 610
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
5
1
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
17 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Neural Engine
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 686
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2022
Mar 2023
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1W10
SM6225-AD
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,441,069
354,293
Geekbench 6
2,627
475
Geekbench 6
6,838
1,517
FP32 (float)
1,789
243