Mobile processor comparison

Apple A16 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 7872

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 7872 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 7872
Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 6 6
Clock speed 3460 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistors 16 billion 2 billion
TDP 8 W 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 7872
L1 cache 256 KB Not available
L2 cache 16 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR3
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 933 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 1x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 3.7 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 6 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 7872
GPU Apple A16 GPU Mali-G71 MP1
GPU architecture Apple Bionic GPU Bifrost
GPU clock 1398 MHz 1200 MHz
Execution units 5 1
Shaders 128 16
FLOPS 1789.4 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan Not available 1.0
OpenCL Not available 2.0
DirectX Not available 11
Neural processor / NPU Apple Neural Engine No

Display and media

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 7872
Maximum display resolution 2796 x 1290 1920 x 1200
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 22MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 120FPS
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+ AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 7872
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 4
Bluetooth 5.3 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 7872
Release September 2022 January 2018
Class Flagship Low end
Model number APL1W10 S5E7872
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1
Devices in database 4 1
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 7872

4G
Meizu M6s
Meizu

Meizu M6s

2.6
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 720 × 1440 pixels (5.70 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3000 mAh