Mobile processor comparison

Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

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

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CPU A

Apple A16 Bionic

6 cores 3460 MHz 4 nanometers Apple A16 GPU

CPU B

8 cores 2910 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 725

Compared fields 43

Different values 35

Quick factual highlights

Apple A16 Bionic

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth	1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.49 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores	6	8
Clock speed	3460 MHz	2910 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.6-A	Not available
Process technology	4 nanometers	4 nanometers
Transistors	16 billion	10.2 billion
TDP	8 W	6 W

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
L1 cache	256 KB	1024 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	Not available	8 MB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory bus	4x 16 Bit	2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s	25.6 Gbit/s
Maximum memory	6 GB	16 GB

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
GPU	Apple A16 GPU	Adreno 725
GPU architecture	Apple Bionic GPU	Adreno 700
GPU clock	1398 MHz	580 MHz
Execution units	5	Not available
Shaders	128	512
FLOPS	1789.4 Gigaflops	1187.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan	Not available	1.1
OpenCL	Not available	2.0
DirectX	Not available	12.1
Neural processor / NPU	Apple Neural Engine	Yes

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Maximum display resolution	2796 x 1290	3360 x 1600
Maximum camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 200MP
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video playback	4K at 60FPS	4K 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+	- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4G	LTE Cat. 24	LTE Cat. 18
5G	Yes	Yes
Download speed	Up to 7500 Mbps	Up to 4400 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 3500 Mbps	Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6	6
Bluetooth	5.3	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC