The annual release of the new iPhone will be accompanied by the performance improvement of the A-Series chipset, and has always maintained a leading edge over the Android camp (such as Samsung and Qualcomm) in recent years However, there are recent rumors that Apple may only equip the iPhone 14 Pro / Pro max with the new a16 bionic chip on the iPhone 14 product line in 2022
There is a view that Apple This is to better divide ordinary iphone Models and pro derivatives. However, from the perspective of market competition, this Cupertino technology giant is obviously fearless of a number of Android competitors.
Take Samsung Galaxy S22 series smart phones as an example, their performance in some benchmark tests has not even surpassed that of iPhone 11 in 2019. What is more embarrassing is that many models of the company have been delisted from geekbench benchmark database due to suspected cheating.
In the absence of competition, the a16 bionic that "strives for defeat alone" may only be left to "fight left and right" with the A15 bionic equipped with the iPhone 13 series.
If the rumors are reliable, Apple may continue A15 bionic for another year to apply it to the two "non pro" models of the more entry-level iPhone 14 Standard Edition / iPhone 14 max.
However, in terms of memory (RAM), the two "non pro" iPhone 14 models may be upgraded from the standard 4GB of iPhone 13 to a higher 6GB.
More interestingly, it is rumored that the A15 bionic chipset adopted by the iPhone 14 has ushered in some modest upgrades (at least equivalent to the level of the iPhone 13 Pro).
Compared with the A15 SOC used in the iPhone 13 / 13 mini model, the GPU of the pro product line of this series has increased from 4 cores to 5 cores.
A16 bionic with greater performance improvement, or exclusive for iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max models only.
The well-known informant @vnchocotaco claimed that the a16 bionic equipped with the iPhone 14 Pro would adopt TSMC's 5nm process instead of immediately jumping to the latest 4nm process already used by competitors.
Even so, a16 bionic is still expected to bring stronger CPU / GPU performance, supplemented by lpddr5 ram support (currently, all iPhone 13 series still use lpddr4x RAM).
As for how much the a16 bionic's running score has improved compared with last year's A15, the informant has not disclosed any exact benchmark data.
In addition, M2 may be built based on the customized armv9 and TSMC 3nm process, and even the last SKU of M1 family (or the updated avalanche high performance + Blizzard energy-saving core).