Mobile processor comparison

Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

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 2800 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 732

Compared fields 42

Different values 36

Quick factual highlights

Apple A16 Bionic

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth	1x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 1.9 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores	6	8
Clock speed	3460 MHz	2800 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv9.2-A
Process technology	4 nanometers	4 nanometers
Transistors	16 billion	Not available
TDP	8 W	5.5 W

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
L1 cache	256 KB	Not available
L2 cache	16 MB	Not available
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory bus	4x 16 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s	64 Gbit/s
Maximum memory	6 GB	24 GB

Specification	Apple A16 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
GPU	Apple A16 GPU	Adreno 732
GPU architecture	Apple Bionic GPU	Adreno 700
GPU clock	1398 MHz	950 MHz
Execution units	5	Not available
Shaders	128	384
FLOPS	1789.4 Gigaflops	1459.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan	Not available	1.3
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 3
Maximum display resolution	2796 x 1290	3840 x 2160
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 3
4G	LTE Cat. 24	LTE Cat. 18
5G	Yes	Yes
Download speed	Up to 7500 Mbps	Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 3500 Mbps	Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6	7
Bluetooth	5.3	5.4
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC