Product Compare
Apple A16 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth | 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest |
| Frequency | 3460 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 0 | 0 |
| Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | 16 | 6.9 |
| TDP | 8 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Apple A12 GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Execution units | 5 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | |
| DirectX version | 12 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Neural Engine | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| 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, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2022 | Sep 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W10 | APL1W81 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 1441069 | 643548 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 2627 | 1301 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 6838 | 2843 |
| FP32 (float) | 1789 | 576 |