Information about the Apple A16 Bionic segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  Apple A16 Bionic
• Family
  Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple A16
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  16
• Predecessor
  Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Apple A16 Bionic: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  6 / 6
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Everest
• B-Core
  4x Sawtooth
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.46 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.02 GHz

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Apple A16 Bionic along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.70 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  160
• Shader
  1280
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  13
• Technology
  4 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022

List of video codecs supported by the Apple A16 Bionic CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Apple A16 Bionic. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  6 GB
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel)
• Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s
• ECC
  No
• AES-NI
  No

Let's find out what TDP has the Apple A16 Bionic? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Apple A16 Bionic CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  4 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB
• Architecture
  A16
• Operating systems
  iOS
• Virtualization
  None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q3/2022