Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 4,033,382 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A16 Bionic's 1,302,867 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

Apple A16 Bionic

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2022

Sep, 2025

CPU

Hexa Core

(3.46 GHz, Dual Core + 2.02 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(4.61 GHz, Dual Core + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

GPU

Apple A16 GPU

Adreno 840

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,302,867

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4,033,382

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Geekbench Score

2,398/5,285

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3,733/11,407

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Apple A16 Bionic 1,302,867

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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CPU

322,518

1,135,707

GPU

353,283

1,497,128

Memory

310,155

539,535

316,911

861,012

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A16 Bionic 2,398

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A16 Bionic 5,285

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

Qualcomm

Title

Apple A16 Bionic

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Model No

APL1W10

SM8850-AC

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (3.46 GHz, Dual Core, Everest + 2.02 GHz, Quad core, Sawtooth)

Octa core (4.61 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.6-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

256 KB

192 KB

L2 Cache

16 MB

12 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

16 MB

GPU

Apple A16 GPU

Adreno 840

GPU Clock speed

1.398 GHz

1.2 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

640

1536

FLOPS

1789.4 Gigaflops

3686.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.4

OpenCL Version

N/A

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

51.2 Gb/s

84.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

6 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

N/A	Face detection, Auto Focus, Artificial Intelligence

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A	Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A	UHD @ 240 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

240 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

H.264 (AVC), H.264, H.265 (HEVC), H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, APV

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X85

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 12500 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

Up to 3700 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ax, b, g, n, n 5GHz

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.3

6.0

USB Version

N/A

3.1

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, QZSS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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