The A16 Bionic chip features two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores and Apple claims that the CPU is up to 40 percent faster than chips from rivals. It also has an accelerated 5-core GPU with 50 percent more memory bandwidth and a new 16-core Neural Engine that can perform around 17 trillion operations per second.
Alleged iPhone 14 Pro benchmark scores
The iPhone 14 Pro apparently got 1,879 on the single-core test and 4,664 on the multi-core test. For reference, the iPhone 13 Pro Max got 1,734 and 4,818 points on the same test. Samsung’s latest foldable flagship, the Galaxy Z Fold 4, which is fueled by Qualcomm’s premium Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC, scored 1,304 and 3,782 on the single-core and multi-core tests, respectively.
There are a couple of things to keep in mind here. Firstly, the A15 Bionic is already ahead of the competition, so Apple didn’t really need to work that hard on the A16, and secondly, the iPhone 14 Pro test results are likely based on a pre-release unit, so there is likely room for improvement, and the official models will probably perform better.
Also, a chip doesn’t just exist to boost performance but also helps with other features. Apple is emphasizing the fact that it will enable an all-day battery life and is also behind the computational photography features.
