Release date, specifications and performance

The Apple A16 Bionic is the latest smartphone chip built into the iPhone. Apple has confirmed that it will debut in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, suggesting that it is the most powerful smartphone chip ever made.

Apple has confirmed that the A16 Bionic will be built on a new 4nm architecture that should be even more efficient than the 5nm architecture of the previous A15 Bionic chip.

The A16 Bionic will also contain 16 billion transistors, a 6-core processor and 50% more memory bandwidth.

Keep scrolling down for everything you need to know about the new iPhone chip.

release date

The Apple A16 Bionic chip will debut in the iPhone 14 Pro, which is scheduled to launch on September 16th.

It will also be available inside the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which will be released on the same day.

Specifications

The Apple A16 Bionic is built on a new 4nm architecture with a smaller process node allowing Apple to cram in additional transistors: 16 billion in total.

In comparison, the previous A15 Bionic chip contains only 15 billion transistors, as it has a slightly larger 5nm process node. More transistors usually translate into better performance, so that’s good news for the iPhone 14 Pro.

The A16 is equipped with a 6-core CPU, consisting of 2 high-performance cores and 4 high-performance cores. This is exactly the same value as the A15 chip.

Apple claims the A16 Bionic is the most powerful smartphone chip in the world, supposedly 40% faster than the competition. We’re not entirely sure what Apple means by this, but it definitely looks like a fast chip.

Other notable updates include a 50% increase in memory bandwidth, a new neural engine capable of 17 trillion operations per second, and an improved ISP that will help improve the quad-pixel camera sensor.