Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Apple A16 Bionic
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
4610 MHz
3460 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
-
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
-
16
TDP
-
8 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Apple A16 GPU
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1398 MHz
Shading units
512
128
Execution units
-
5
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
3200 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Neural Engine
Max display resolution
-
2796 x 1290
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Download speed
-
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 3500 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Sep 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
APL1W10
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
1,441,069
Geekbench 6
3,834
2,627
Geekbench 6
12,396
6,838
FP32 (float)
3,686
1,789