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A16 Bionic vs A15 Bionic

A16 Bionic
VS
A15 Bionic
A16 Bionic
A15 Bionic

We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A16 Bionic (with Apple A16 GPU graphics) and A15 Bionic (Apple A15 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v10
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (4)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
  • Announced later
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3230 MHz)
  • Shows better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1446K vs 1287K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
A16 Bionic
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A15 Bionic

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A16 Bionic +12%
1446983
A15 Bionic
1287587
CPU 396674 326986
GPU 471025 422313
Memory 237167 226967
UX 342117 311321
Total score 1446983 1287587
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A16 Bionic +13%
2627
A15 Bionic
2332
Multi-Core Score
A16 Bionic +19%
6838
A15 Bionic
5736
Asset compression 236.7 MB/sec 203.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156.7 pages/sec 124.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.1 Mpixels/sec 143.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 155.8 images/sec 130 images/sec
HDR 207.5 Mpixels/sec 169.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 26.5 images/sec 22.2 images/sec
Photo processing 77.6 images/sec 60.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.85 Mpixels/sec 5.93 Mpixels/sec
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3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
A16 Bionic +5%
9874
A15 Bionic
9445
Stability 79% 82%
Graphics test 59 FPS 56 FPS
Score 9874 9445

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic and A15 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth		 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Cores 6 6
Frequency 3460 MHz 3230 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 256 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion 15 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Apple A15 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 1338 MHz
Pipelines 5 5
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 640 640
FLOPS 1789.4 Gigaflops 1712.6 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 17 TOPS 15.8 TOPS

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
Max size 6 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe NVMe
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP -
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, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced September 2022 September 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 APL1W07

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Comments

Please give your opinion on the comparison of A15 Bionic and A16 Bionic, or ask any questions
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Shahinsha July 11, 2024 at 05:01 PM
Iam using iphone 13 its has A15 bionic bt when i updated to ios 18 beta 3 its perfomenc is decrese before updateing untutu score is 1230452 after ios 18 beta 3 untutu score 1004110 🥲
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Billy September 15, 2022 at 04:53 PM
A16 must be more powerful, but only at CPU, Nevertheless, it is also obtained by all core upgrades. GPU is the same as A15. Both chips’ 3D Mark is the same. I think the GPU architectures are the same and replace LPDDR4X with LPDDR5. Therefore, the A16 only increases the frequency, and the architecture has not been changed.
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Boris September 16, 2022 at 02:48 PM
The GPU is ~30% faster!
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Billy September 18, 2022 at 05:36 PM
Boris, I saw someone test that both chips have the same score, idk.
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Boris September 19, 2022 at 12:15 PM
Billy, There are already many tests. The GPU has a huge boost in performance. CPU is also decent. Kinda the same gap between A14 and A15.
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Creature September 22, 2022 at 02:18 PM
Boris, GPU is not 30% faster. A16 is the same as A15 except it’s been ported to 4nm But it isn’t to say that there is no improvement it’s more like a score of 11700 compared to 12500
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Boris September 25, 2022 at 01:59 PM
Creature, It is. Check out benchmarks. A16 is way faster than A15 in that regard. And "ported" to 4nm is busted. Check out the analysis of the A16 on the Angstronomics website. The changes on the chip are more significant than many thought.
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Joshua November 9, 2022 at 04:54 PM
Boris, No, it’s not your saying check the benchmark, when it literally proves it’s only 10% faster at the highest. No wonder why they did the A13 vs the 16 the performance for the 16 would be embarrassing ( still one of the best chips out there tho )
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Roland2 September 10, 2022 at 01:20 PM
Apple has peaked. Qualcomm and Mediatek now have the opportunity to catch up.
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moreso September 18, 2022 at 12:38 AM
The competition has barely caught up with the A13. At this point, apple is slowing down strategically.
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Creature September 18, 2022 at 08:47 PM
I definitely wouldn’t say they peaked they just decided to work on camera upgrades this year. If they made both improvements to the CPU AND camera, there would definitely be a price hike in the prices of the iPhone.
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tipoo December 8, 2022 at 05:14 PM
Lol, they're barely moving past A13 single core performance, and wait till Apple has the whole run of 3nm from TSMC.
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Innocent September 8, 2022 at 11:03 PM
So this is the reason they compared it to the a13 bionic and it looked so much better than the a13 bionic.... if they did that same graph with the a15 bionic then it would look miserable in terms of raw performance. Snapdragon and MediaTek can definitely catch up now. Maybe apple has hit a wall with the arm architecture but that doesn't seem to be the case with the m2 series, well we will see if x86 is better than arm, or perhaps apple is blind to competition and didn't try this round.
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Abstronal September 9, 2022 at 09:25 AM
Indeed, that's why they used A13, if they used A15 it would make them look like a joke.
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Boris September 9, 2022 at 02:40 PM
Which was already kinda same as A14. :D
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Victraveller September 24, 2022 at 04:13 AM
They have a lot of work to do to catch up, seems like a pipe dream when they're still generations behind.
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