A16 Bionic vs A14 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A16 Bionic (with Apple GPU graphics) and A14 Bionic (Apple 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- Announced 2-years later
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Shows better (up to 33%) AnTuTu 9 score – 967K vs 729K
- Supports 20% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 42.7 GB/s)
- 12% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3100 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 242019 | 202575 |
| GPU | 407261 | 273954 |
| Memory | 167432 | 115865 |
| UX | 145864 | 129781 |
| Total score | 967214 | 729238 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 243.5 Mpixels/s | 171.5 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 46.4 images/s | 33.6 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 141.8 words/s | 94.8 words/s |
| Machine learning | 117.1 images/s | 93.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 54.3 images/s | 38.7 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 5.9 Mnodes/s | 4.5 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 1430 Krows/s | 1060 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 82% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 58 FPS | 45 FPS |
| Score | 9816 | 7612 |
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 | - |
| L2 cache | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 16 billion | 11.8 billion |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple GPU | Apple GPU |
| Execution units | 6 | 4 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 42.7 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - | APL1W01 |
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