Apple 4-Core A16 vs Qualcomm Adreno 690 Full Specs

Summary

512 Shaders 1.34GHz	1,536 Shaders 680MHz
Shared Memory51.2GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory68.3GB/sLPDDR4X
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.09 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP 5W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

4-Core A161.37 TFLOPSFP16

x1

Adreno 6904.18 TFLOPSFP16

x3.05

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed680MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 4.18 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 1.37 TFLOPS	FP32 2.09 TFLOPS
-	FP64 522.2 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 21.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 32.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 42.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 65.3 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 512 Shaders	Shaders 1,536 Shaders
TMUs 32 TMUs	TMUs 96 TMUs
ROPs 16 ROPs	ROPs 48 ROPs
EUs 64 EUs	EUs 12 EUs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 660MHz
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 680MHz

Cache

L2 Cache 512KB shared	L2 Cache 512KB shared
L3 Cache -	L3 Cache 3MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR4X
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 4.3GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 68.3GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 5W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 1

Multi-Monitor 1

Encoder

-	Encoder Model Hexagon 690

Decoder

-	Decoder Model Hexagon 690

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Qualcomm
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Qualcomm
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Adreno 600
Family A Series	Family Adreno 600
Branding	Branding
Codename G15P	Codename -
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Mar 4, 2025	Release Date Aug 30, 2020

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N4P	Fabrication Node N7
Die Size 115mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 16 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

CPUs A16 (iPad)	CPUs Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 Microsoft SQ2
Laptops -	Laptops Inspiron 14(3420, Early 2022)
Tablets iPad 11(A16, Early 2025)	Tablets Surface Pro X+(SQ2, Late 2020)

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