Apple A16 Bionic processor review

A16 Bionic processor released by Apple; release date: 7 Sep 2022. The processor is designed for mobile-computers and based on Everest/Sawtooth microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 6, threads - 6. Maximum CPU clock speed - 3.46 GHz. Manufacturing process technology - 5 nm. Cache size: L1 - 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core), L2 - 16 MB (shared).

Supported memory types: LPDDR5-6400. Maximum memory size: 6 GB.

Benchmarks

PassMark
Single thread mark

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

4870

4065

PassMark
CPU mark

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

156834

11047

Name	Value
PassMark - Single thread mark	4065
PassMark - CPU mark	11047

Integrated graphics – Apple A16 Bionic

Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1.789 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5
Render output units	20

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture codename	Everest/Sawtooth
Launch date	7 Sep 2022
OS Support	iOS 16.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	275
Processor Number	APL1W10
Vertical segment	Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.02 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm
Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	6
Number of threads	6
Transistor count	16 billion

Memory
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	6 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR5-6400
Graphics
Execution Units	20
Graphics base frequency	1398 MHz
iGPU core count	5