Apple A9 vs Apple A16 Bionic
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
1850 MHz
3460 MHz
Cores
2
6
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
64 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
2
16
TDP
5 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Apple A16 GPU
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
6
5
Shading units
32
128
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
APL1W10
AI
NPU
-
Neural Engine
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
1,441,069
Geekbench 6
623
2,627
Geekbench 6
957
6,838
FP32 (float)
249
1,789