Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

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CPU A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

8 cores 2800 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 732

CPU B

6 cores 3460 MHz 4 nanometers Apple A16 GPU

Compared fields 42

Different values 36

Quick factual highlights

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

Apple A16 Bionic

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

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

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3	Apple A16 Bionic
GPU	Adreno 732	Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture	Adreno 700	Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock	950 MHz	1398 MHz
Execution units	Not available	5
Shaders	384	128
FLOPS	1459.2 Gigaflops	1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan	1.3	Not available
OpenCL	2.0	Not available
DirectX	12.1	Not available
Neural processor / NPU	Yes	Apple Neural Engine

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3	Apple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution	3840 x 2160	2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution	1x 200MP	1x 48MP
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video playback	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video codecs	- H.264 - H.265 - 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+

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3	Apple A16 Bionic
4G	LTE Cat. 18	LTE Cat. 24
5G	Yes	Yes
Download speed	Up to 5000 Mbps	Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 3500 Mbps	Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi	7	6
Bluetooth	5.4	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS