A16 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+
            A16 (iPad)
            
                
            
        
    
            Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+
            
                
            
        
    | 5 Cores 5 Threads 3.44GHz Clock | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3.1GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPU4-Core A16 1.43 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUAdreno 650+ 1.03 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 2,585 64% | GB6S 1,135 28% | 
| GB6M 6,165 23% | GB6M 3,250 12% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerQualcomm | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 12 | ArchitectureKryo 585 | 
| FamilyA Series | Family8 Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename Crete - A16 P-Core Everest - - E-Core Sawtooth | Codename - - - P-Core Cortex-A77 M-Core Cortex-A77 E-Core Cortex-A55 | 
| Market Segment Mobile | Market Segment Mobile | 
| Release Date 3/4/2025 | Release Date 8/30/2020 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node N4P - - - | Node N7P - - - | 
| Die Size 115 mm² - - - | Die Size 84 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 16 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 10.3 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 5 Cores 2 P-Cores - 3 E-Cores | 8 Cores 1 P-Cores 3 M-Cores 4 E-Cores | 
| 5 Threads 2 P-Threads - 3 E-Threads | 8 Threads 1 P-Threads 3 M-Cores 4 E-Threads | 
| P-Core 3.44GHz - - | P-Core 3.1GHz - - | 
| - - - | M-Core 2.42GHz - | 
| E-Core 2.02GHz - | E-Core 1.8GHz - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative 64KB/M-Core 4-way set associative 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative 64KB/M-Core 4-way set associative 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L2 - - 16MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 512KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - 256KB/M-Core 8-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 4MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 24MB SLC Cache | - - - 3MB SLC Cache | 
| Channels 1 | Channels 4 | 
| Max Memory 8GB | Max Memory 24GB 16GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 64Bit | Bus Width/Channel 16Bit Bus Width 64Bit | 
| Clock 3200MHz Transfer Rate 6400MT/s | Clock 2750MHz 2133MHz Transfer Rate 5500MT/s 4266MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 51.2GB/s Bandwidth 51.2GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 11.0GB/s 8.5GB/s Bandwidth 44.0GB/s 34.1GB/s | 
| TDP 5W - - - | TDP 5W - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| 4-Core A16 512 Shaders 1398MHz 1.43 TFLOPS FP32 | Adreno 650+ 768 Shaders 670MHz 1.03 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| - | Hexagon 698 | 
| - 16 Cores | 576.0MHz - | 
| 17 TOPS FP16 | 15 TOPS  | 
| - - | ISP Spectra 480 | 
| No Cellular | Modem Qualcomm X55 5G mmWave | 
| Speed Up to 7500Mbps Download Up to 3000Mbps Upload | 
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