Apple A16 Bionic vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1: Benchmarks & Specifications

Apple A16 Bionic vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Apple has recently debuted their world’s known iPhone numeric series. the company has launched the iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro and the 14 Pro Max worldwide. Eventually, with the introduction of the iPhone 14 Pro series, the company unveiled their next mobile chip- Apple A16 Bionic. it is the current most powerful chip ever present on a smartphone.

Today, we are comparing this chip to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip which is Qualcomm’s last year’s flagship chip. Here is all the key differences and benchmark available downside.

Official Info

Both chipsets are from the flagship class while 8 Gen 1 chip had become quite old now.

CPU comparison

Apple uses the 4nm TSMC structure with supremacy in frequency and GPU. Eventually, Snapdragon comes with an octa-core configuration with a 4nm Samsung configuration too.

Memory Support

Hereby, both processors stood with the best Type ram configuration but completely differentiate in terms of Storage. In short, the Apple A16 Bionic using NVMe storage is better than the present UFS 3.1 on any phone.

Display & Media

Both chipsets use flagship ISP and have very powerful AI chip. But Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 provides options for additional stuff like 8K recording, 4K resolution display and many more.

Connectivity

Although, Both chipsets have the same LTE cat 24/ X65 5G modem. while Apple 5G modem bandwidth is still unknown. eventually, we also didn’t find the chipset in any device with a USB Version 3.1 port.

Processor Benchmark Scores

Here we have compared the Benchmark scores of these chipsets within the different platforms. this will give you an idea that which has a better CPU & GPU. Eventually, these scores also depend on the optimization & UI of the phone.

Antutu V9

*The Antutu scores of iOS and Android devices aren’t comparable. Both ranks with a different algorithms.

GeekBench V5.2 Scores

Other BenchMarks