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Apple A16 Bionic vs Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A16 Bionic

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The Apple A16 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 14 Pro (2022) models. It offers 6 cores divided in two performance cores (codename Everest, up to 3.46 GHz) and four power-efficiency cores (codename Sawtooth, up to 2.02). According to Apple, the most improvements were made to the efficiency cores and the improved memory bandwidth (+50% thanks to LPDDR5). According to the die analysis from angstronomics, the e-core cluster still has the same 4 MB L2 cache, but the p-cores now offer 16 MB L2 cache. The SLC (System Level Cache) however seems to be reduced to 24 MB.

The Neural Engine still offers 16 cores and offers an increased performance of 17 TOPS (vs. 15.8 of the A15) for AI tasks. The integrated graphics engine still offers 5 cores and benefits mostly from the higher memory bandwidth. The new display engine supports adaptive refresh rates down to 1 Hz, the new always-on display, and improved anti-aliasing (for the dynamic island animations).

The CPU performance only shows small improvements to the last generation (Apple A15 Bionic). Still, the A16 is by far the fastest mobile CPU for smartphones and leaves e.g. the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 easily behind (in Geekbench 5.4 single- and multi-thread tests).

The chip is manufactured in the modern 4nm process at TSMC and integrates nearly 16 billion transistors (compared to the 15.8 billion of the A15 and 11.8 of the A14). Apple emphasized on efficiency and e.g. mentioned 20% power savings for the big performance cores and class-leading efficiency of the e-cores.

Apple A15 Bionic

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The Apple A15 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 13 and iPad Mini (2021) models. It was announced late 2021 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. The CPU performance increases only slightly compared to the A14, but GPU (in the higher end models) offers higher gains.

The chip is manufactured in 5nm and integrates 15.8 billion transistors (compared to the 11.8 of the A14).

ModelApple A16 BionicApple A15 Bionic
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-Series
CodenameCrete
Clock2020 - 3460 MHz2020 - 3230 MHz
L2 Cache20 MB16 MB
L3 Cache24 MB32 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 66 / 6
Transistors16000 Million15800 Million
Technology4 nm5 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal ProcessorARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal Processor
iGPUApple A16 GPU 5-CoreApple A15 GPU 5-Core
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Series: Apple A-Series
Apple A15 Bionic « 2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic compare - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A15 +
min: 1852     avg: 2027     median: 1913 (7%)     max: 2307 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A15 +
2130 Points (24%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
A16 +
min: 2465     avg: 2576     median: 2597.5 (79%)     max: 2644 Points
90%
A15 +
2332 Points (71%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
A16 +
min: 6019     avg: 6576     median: 6680.5 (26%)     max: 6923 Points
85%
A15 +
5661 Points (22%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
A16 +
min: 1878     avg: 1882     median: 1883 (79%)     max: 1885 Points
92%
A15 +
min: 1590     avg: 1723     median: 1734 (73%)     max: 1755 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A16 +
min: 4688     avg: 5273     median: 5433 (10%)     max: 5538 Points
88%
A15 +
min: 4559     avg: 4755     median: 4788 (9%)     max: 4914 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A16 +
min: 450.2     avg: 475.4     median: 472.6 (1%)     max: 506 ms
100%
A15 +
min: 413.6     avg: 455.6     median: 451 (1%)     max: 507.3 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A16 +
min: 55.7     avg: 56.2     median: 56.2 (1%)     max: 56.7 ms
100%
A15 +
77 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
A16 +
min: 68554     avg: 72639     median: 73142.5 (66%)     max: 75718 Points
88%
A15 +
min: 57143     avg: 63305     median: 64026.5 (58%)     max: 65969 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
A16 +
min: 201     avg: 201.5     median: 201.5 (58%)     max: 202 Points
93%
A15 +
min: 188     avg: 188.3     median: 188 (54%)     max: 189 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
A16 +
min: 286     avg: 288.3     median: 287.5 (60%)     max: 292 Points
87%
A15 +
min: 219     avg: 254.3     median: 250 (52%)     max: 279 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
A16 +
min: 949107     avg: 1066570     median: 971870 (59%)     max: 1373450 Points
82%
A15 +
min: 722973     avg: 788523     median: 800415 (48%)     max: 832548 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
A16 +
min: 245636     avg: 275383     median: 246294 (67%)     max: 363306 Points
85%
A15 +
min: 192891     avg: 209810     median: 209802 (57%)     max: 227638 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A16 +
10812 Points (1%)
96%
A15 +
min: 10349     avg: 10411     median: 10410.5 (1%)     max: 10472 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
A16 +
min: 1260     avg: 1307     median: 1329 (51%)     max: 1332 Points
86%
A15 +
min: 1132     avg: 1156     median: 1145 (44%)     max: 1190 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 A16 +
min: 3.48     avg: 3.9     median: 3.6 (2%)     max: 4.85 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 A16 +
min: 0.776     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (1%)     max: 0.943 Watt

Average Benchmarks Apple A16 Bionic → 100% n=13

Average Benchmarks Apple A15 Bionic → 90% n=13

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