A16 Bionic vs A14 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A16 Bionic (with Apple A16 GPU graphics) and A14 Bionic (Apple A14 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- Performs 2.7x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 35%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1451K vs 1073K
- Announced 2-years later
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- 12% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3100 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Higher GPU frequency (~9%)
Promotion
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 365046 | 264493 |
| GPU | 460373 | 320681 |
| Memory | 217105 | 180637 |
| UX | 397949 | 297879 |
| Total score | 1451915 | 1073536 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 236.7 MB/sec | 167 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 156.7 pages/sec | 105.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 162.1 Mpixels/sec | 116.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 155.8 images/sec | 95.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 207.5 Mpixels/sec | 147.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 26.5 images/sec | 17.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 77.6 images/sec | 51.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.85 Mpixels/sec | 5.18 Mpixels/sec |
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 82% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 58 FPS | 45 FPS |
| Score | 9851 | 7603 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic and A14 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3460 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 16 billion | 11.8 billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Apple A14 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Execution units | 5 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 640 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1789.4 Gigaflops | 654.3 Gigaflops |
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)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
| 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, 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. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2022 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W10 | APL1W01 |
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