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Apple A16 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9820

Apple A16 Bionic
56.2Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 9820
—Inno Score
56.8CPU39.5
43.7GPU—
61.5Benchmarks—
52.7AIspec-based—
71.4Efficiencyspec-based20
3 spec wins — Apple A16 Bionic1 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 9820

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 9820 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A16 Bionic

  • Stronger CPU score: 57 vs 40
  • 50% lower process: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • 27% higher Max clock: 3.46 GHz vs 2.73 GHz

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 9820

  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6

General

General comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Announced20222018
Process4 nm+50%8 nm
TDP (typical)7 W—
ArchitectureArmv8.6—

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x3.46 GHz + 4x2.02 GHz2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 + 2x2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock3.46 GHz+27%2.73 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
GPUApple GPU (5-core)Arm Mali-G76 MP12

AI

AI comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
NPU16-core Neural EngineSamsung NPU
AI performance17 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Memory typeLPDDR5-6400LPDDR4X
Max bandwidth51.2 GB/s—

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
ModemExternal (Snapdragon X65)Integrated LTE Cat-20
Max download—2 Gbps

Media

Media comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Max display—WQUXGA (3840x2400)
Video capture4K@60fps8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A16 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
AnTuTu1,300,000—
Geekbench 6 (single)2,620Top 12%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)6,570Top 16%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme3,100Top 34%—

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