Samsung Exynos 2100 vs Apple A16 Bionic
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Exynos 2100 and A16 Bionic chip SoCs, brought to you by Samsung and Apple respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Exynos 2100
- Exynos 2100 has -45.64% higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip (760 vs 1398 MHz).
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
- A16 Bionic chip has 19.31 % higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 ( 3460 vs 2900 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 100.00 % higher memory frequency than Exynos 2100 ( 6400 vs 3200 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than Exynos 2100 ( 4 vs 5 nm).
- A16 Bionic chip has 28.36 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 2100 ( 965 K vs 752 K).
- A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 2100 .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 202484 | 247110 |
| GPU | 285430 | 408357 |
| Memory | 123653 | 162944 |
| UX | 140161 | 146541 |
| Total score | 751728 | 964952 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 66% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 59 FPS |
| Score | 5655 | 9862 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2100 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1 3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2200MHz | 2020MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2900MHz | 3460MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP14 | Apple A16 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 14 | 6 |
| Shading units | 224 | 768 |
| Total shaders | 448 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 976 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI Engine with Triple-core NPU and DSP (26 TOPS) | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 2796 x 1290 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos Modem 5200 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7526 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 3072 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3758 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 422 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | December 2020 | September 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9840 | APL1W10 |
| Official page | Exynos 2100 official site | A16 Bionic chip official site |