Mobile processor comparison

Apple A16 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 1280
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth 2x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A786x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 3460 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A Not available
Process technology 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 16 billion Not available
TDP 8 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
L1 cache 256 KB Not available
L2 cache 16 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 6 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
GPU Apple A16 GPU Mali-G68
GPU architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 2
GPU clock 1398 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution units 5 4
Shaders 128 48
FLOPS 1789.4 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan Not available 1.1
OpenCL Not available 2.0
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Apple Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
Maximum display resolution 2796 x 1290 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
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

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
Release September 2022 March 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W10 S5E8825
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2
Devices in database 4 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

Samsung Exynos 1280

PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2408 pixels (6.60 i…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy M33

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2408 pix…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53 Dual SIM
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A53 Dual SIM

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A53

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh