A20 Pro vs A16 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A20 Pro (with Apple A20 Pro GPU graphics) and A16 Bionic (Apple A16 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 A20 Pro
- Supports 125% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 11 score β 3434K vs 1626K
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 4 nm)
- Performs 62% better in floating-point computations
- 42% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 3460 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~16%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 879839 | 432740 |
| GPU | 1407166 | 490354 |
| Memory | 418755 | 216774 |
| UX | 728894 | 486140 |
| Total score | 3434654 | 1626008 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [36 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 234.4 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 155.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 157.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 149.7 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 202.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 25.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 76.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 6.74 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 24 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 39.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 50.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 1.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 70.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 2162.5 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
| Samples | - | 12 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4263 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 17850 | 4266 |
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 12 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 9024 | 3335 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
Recent User Tests
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-22 -> sammzz | AnTuTu 11 | 3429537 |
| π 2026-10-19 (Bears lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 3651257 |
| π 2026-10-14 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4739 / 12815 |
| π 2026-10-14 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4738 / 12831 |
| π 2026-10-04 (zsc) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 4047 / 11701 |
Apple A16 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-29 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2398 / 6513 |
| π 2026-10-26 (Adiet) | AnTuTu 11 | 1663429 |
| π 2026-10-22 (potatoboii) | AnTuTu 11 | 1378272 |
| π 2026-10-21 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 1741188 |
| π 2026-10-21 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 1723375 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A20 Pro and A16 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
2x 3.46 GHz β Everest 4x 2.02 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4930 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.4-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A20 Pro GPU | Apple A16 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple A GPU | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1620 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 7 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 896 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 2903 Gigaflops | 1789.4 Gigaflops |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 17 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 3x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 115.2 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | - | 2796 x 1290 |
| Max camera resolution | 3x 48MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Apple C2 | - |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | - | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | 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 | September 2026 | September 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1Y01 | APL1W10 |
| Successor | - | - Apple A20 Pro |
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