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Snapdragon 778G vs A16 Bionic

Snapdragon 778G
VS
A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 778G
A16 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (Adreno 642) with the newer 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 GPU) SoC. 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 v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • Performs 3.2x better in floating-point computations
  • Higher GPU frequency (~2.5x)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 11 score – 1626K vs 783K
  • Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • 44% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 2400 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 778G
vs
A16 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 778G
783606
A16 Bionic +108%
1626008
CPU 326426 432740
GPU 101452 490354
Memory 119484 216774
UX 236244 486140
Total score 783606 1626008
Samples [113 tests] [36 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 778G
1017
A16 Bionic +159%
2631
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 778G
2943
A16 Bionic +124%
6602
Asset compression 157.1 MB/sec 234.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 70.7 pages/sec 155.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 113.9 Mpixels/sec 157.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 55.4 images/sec 149.7 images/sec
HDR 91.1 Mpixels/sec 202.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.1 images/sec 25.9 images/sec
Photo processing 26.5 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.17 Mpixels/sec 6.74 Mpixels/sec
Samples 68 tests 24 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 778G
2148
A16 Bionic +964%
22851
Background blur 3.5 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Face detection 1.57 images/sec 50.9 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.11 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.15 Gpixels/sec 1.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.14 Gpixels/sec 1.22 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 5.75 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 370.4 FPS 2162.5 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 26 tests 12 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 225 -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 4266
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Section 1 - 20 FPS
Section 2 - 16 FPS
Section 3 - 12 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Snapdragon 778G
686
A16 Bionic +386%
3335
Score 686 3335
Stability 99% 71%
Graphics test 4 FPS 19 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10945 -
Video editing score 6994 -
Data manipulation score 9642 -
Photo editing score 24463 -
Writing score 14285 -
Phones tested 11 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 59 FPS
[High]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 42 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Low]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 49 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 94 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 53 FPS
[High]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Oppo Realme GT Master Edition
1080 x 2400		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Eversonsouzz)AnTuTu 12851236
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (bebequinhamota)AnTuTu 12805881
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Carlos)AnTuTu 12858274
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (DJSanyaDance1995)AnTuTu 12907382
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (DJSanyaDance1995)AnTuTu 12907382
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Apple A16 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Атомная Π±ΠΎΠΌΠ±Π°)AnTuTu 111772840
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Bear lover)AnTuTu 111714105
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO)AnTuTu 111603687
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (LORDroid)AnTuTu 111445126
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-16 (Ronaldo)AnTuTu 111626008
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 778G and A16 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2400 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
Process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 16 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 642 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 550 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines 2 5
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 512 640
FLOPS 563.2 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 17 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X53 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced May 2021 September 2022
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7325 APL1W10
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G - Apple A19 Pro

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