Mobile processor comparison

Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 43
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A10 Fusion No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Apple A16 Bionic
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A10 FusionApple A16 Bionic
Architecture 2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 4 6
Clock speed 2340 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 16 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 3.3 billion 16 billion
TDP 5 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A10 FusionApple A16 Bionic
L1 cache 64 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 4 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5
Memory frequency Not available 3200 MHz
Memory bus Not available 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A10 FusionApple A16 Bionic
GPU PowerVR GT7600 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Rogue Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 900 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units 6 5
Shaders 196 128
FLOPS 115 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU No Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationApple A10 FusionApple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2048 x 1536 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG - 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+

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A10 FusionApple A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 100 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 4.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A10 FusionApple A16 Bionic
Release September 2016 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available APL1W10
Storage support NVMe NVMe
Devices in database Not available 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A10 Fusion

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Apple A16 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4383 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone 15
Apple

Apple iPhone 15

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3349 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1290 × 2796 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4323 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1179 × 2556 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3200 mAh