Apple A16 (iPad) vs Apple A19 Pro (Air) Full Specs

Summary

5 Cores(2P+3E) 5 Threads(2P+3E) 3.44GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.26GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A16	iGPU 5-Core A19 Pro
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.76 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A16 (iPad)2,586

x1

A19 Pro (Air)3,674

x1.42

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Core Config

5 Cores 2P 3E	6 Cores 2P 4E
5 Threads 2P 3E	6 Threads 2P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.44GHz	Base Clock 4.26GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 16MB P shared 6MB E shared
SLC Cache 24MB	SLC Cache 32MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory 12GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 9600MT/s
Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate9600MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 76.8GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 12W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x5 9.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A16	iGPU 5-Core A19 Pro
Shaders 512	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 1.47GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.76 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H15 Themis	NPU Model H18 Apollo
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 2.06GHz	NPU Clock 2.17GHz
Performance 17 TOPSFP16	Performance 35 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 12ARMv8.6-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 15ARMv9.2-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Crete A16Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core	Codename Thera A19 ProVariant AS15PP-Core AS15EE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Mar 4, 2025	Release Date Sep 9, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N4P	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 115mm²	Die Size 99mm²
Transistor Count 16 Billion	Transistor Count 17 Billion
Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones -	Smartphones iPhone Air
Tablets iPad 11(A16, Early 2025)	Tablets -

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