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

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
  • 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%)
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A16 Bionic +35%
1451915
1073536
CPU 365046 264493
GPU 460373 320681
Memory 217105 180637
UX 397949 297879
Total score 1451915 1073536

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A16 Bionic +26%
2631
2094
Multi-Core Score
A16 Bionic +43%
6863
4799
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

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
A16 Bionic +30%
9851
7603
Stability 82% 77%
Graphics test 58 FPS 45 FPS
Score 9851 7603

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic and A14 Bionic

CPU

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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