GPUIntegrated (APU)Released Mar 12, 2025

Apple A16 GPU (4-core)

6 GB LPDDR5-6400 · 64-bit · 512 cores

The 4-core GPU of the Apple A16 chip used in the iPad (A16), which reached stores on 12 March 2025. It is a binned A16 Bionic with one of the five GPU cores of the iPhone 14 Pro version disabled, and it shares the system's 6 GB of unified LPDDR5 memory with the CPU and 16-core Neural Engine.

General

Manufacturer: Apple
Model: A16 GPU (4-core)
Segment: Integrated (APU)
GPU chip: Apple A16
Architecture: Apple GPU (Family 8)
Release date: Mar 12, 2025
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Memory

Memory size: 6 GB
Memory type: LPDDR5-6400 (unified)
Bus width: 64-bit
Bandwidth: 51.2 GB/s
Memory clock: —

Clocks & silicon

GPU clock: —
Boost clock: —
Shader units: 512 ALUs (4 cores)
Tensor / AI cores: —
RT cores: —
Transistors: 16 billion
Technology (nm): 4 nm
TSMC N4P
TDP / TBP: —

Interface & APIs

Bus interface: Integrated (on-die)
SLI / multi-GPU: None
DirectX: N/A (iOS / iPadOS)
OpenGL: ES 3.0 (deprecated)
Vulkan: via MoltenVK
Other APIs: Metal 3

AI support

Precisions: FP8FP16BF16INT8INT4TF32FP64
AI accelerator: 16-core Neural Engine (SoC)
Peak AI TOPS: —
Notes: The GPU supports FP16 and INT8 arithmetic through Metal. Machine-learning workloads can also run on the separate 16-core Neural Engine in the A16 chip.

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