Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs A16 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740) with the older 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple GPU) SoC. 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Has 2 more cores
- Shows better (up to 29%) AnTuTu 9 score – 1227K vs 954K
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- 8% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3200 MHz)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 264139 | 242019 |
GPU | 548684 | 407261 |
Memory | 227638 | 167432 |
UX | 193923 | 145864 |
Total score | 1227590 | 954246 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 251.3 Mpixels/s | 243.5 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 46.2 images/s | 46.4 images/s |
Speech recognition | 122.9 words/s | 141.8 words/s |
Machine learning | 114.1 images/s | 117.1 images/s |
Camera shooting | 51.7 images/s | 54.3 images/s |
HTML 5 | 5.81 Mnodes/s | 5.9 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 1510 Krows/s | 1430 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability | 86% | 82% |
Graphics test | 79 FPS | 58 FPS |
Score | 13243 | 9816 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and A16 BionicCPU
Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
Cores | 8 | 6 |
Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3460 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 32 MB |
L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 740 | Apple GPU |
Architecture | Adreno 700 | - |
Execution units | - | 6 |
Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 8400 MHz | 6400 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | - | 51.2 Gbit/s |
Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2796 x 1290 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | - |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
Modem | Snapdragon X70 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced | November 2022 | September 2022 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | SM8550-AB | - |
Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | - |
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