Apple A16 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
3460 MHz
1800 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
256 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
4 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
16
2
TDP
8 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Adreno 509
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
5
1
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
5.3 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 680
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
1900 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
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+
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,441,069
220,696
Geekbench 6
2,627
295
Geekbench 6
6,838
1,088
FP32 (float)
1,789
184