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Snapdragon 888 vs A16 Bionic

Snapdragon 888
VS
A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 888
A16 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (Adreno 660) 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
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~66%)
  • Performs 39% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 43%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1626K vs 1135K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
  • 22% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 2840 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 888
vs
A16 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 888
1135878
A16 Bionic +43%
1626008
CPU 406119 432740
GPU 233383 490354
Memory 188085 216774
UX 308291 486140
Total score 1135878 1626008
Samples [127 tests] [36 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 888
1500
A16 Bionic +75%
2631
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 888
3537
A16 Bionic +87%
6602
Asset compression 156.9 MB/sec 234.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.4 pages/sec 155.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 104.6 Mpixels/sec 157.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 72.9 images/sec 149.7 images/sec
HDR 104.7 Mpixels/sec 202.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.1 images/sec 25.9 images/sec
Photo processing 26.5 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.04 Mpixels/sec 6.74 Mpixels/sec
Samples 49 tests 24 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 888
4509
A16 Bionic +407%
22851
Background blur 7.75 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Face detection 3.37 images/sec 50.9 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.28 Gpixels/sec 1.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.32 Gpixels/sec 1.22 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 13.1 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 851.2 FPS 2162.5 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 19 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 505 -
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 4 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 888
1508
A16 Bionic +121%
3335
Score 1508 3335
Stability 91% 71%
Graphics test 9 FPS 19 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12232 -
Video editing score 7638 -
Data manipulation score 10494 -
Photo editing score 29866 -
Writing score 15219 -
Phones tested 11 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 83 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Asus Zenfone 8
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 888
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Executedream)AnTuTu 121200645
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Nam)AnTuTu 121163847
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Zha)AnTuTu 12976692
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
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Apple A16 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (Gurudev)AnTuTu 111226584
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (Peltsi74)AnTuTu 111477304
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
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and A16 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2840 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 16 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 8 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 840 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines 3 5
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 768 640
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 17 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K 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 X60 -
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 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 December 2020 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350 APL1W10
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro

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