Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Apple A16 Bionic

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3800 MHz
3460 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
256 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
16
TDP
-
8 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 829
Apple A16 GPU
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1398 MHz
Shading units
512
128
Vulkan version
1.4
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
Execution units
-
5

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
51.2 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
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+
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Neural Engine

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Nov 2025
Sep 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8845
APL1W10
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
1,441,069
Geekbench 6
2,749
2,627
Geekbench 6
9,860
6,838
FP32 (float)
2,457
1,789