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  "id": "a16",
  "name": "A16",
  "url": "https://2benches.lost.plus/chips/a16",
  "architecture": {
    "id": "g3",
    "name": "A16 / A17 · M3",
    "cores": "Everest / Sawtooth family"
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  "tier": "a",
  "status": "released",
  "release": "2022-09-16",
  "processNm": 4,
  "dataCheckedAt": "2026-09-21",
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    "Scores are medians of sourced results; low/high is the observed source range.",
    "Configuration scores use only results attributed to that configuration.",
    "similar lists the nearest measured configurations of other chips by Geekbench 7 CPU and Metal; ratio > 1 means faster.",
    "estimate values are forecasts, never measurements."
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        "low": 5809,
        "high": 6413,
        "count": 5
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench 7 · Metal GPU",
      "unit": "score",
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        "median": 18782,
        "low": 18782,
        "high": 18782,
        "count": 1
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · GPU · Single",
      "unit": "score",
      "measured": {
        "median": 3343,
        "low": 3006,
        "high": 3884,
        "count": 5
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · GPU · Half",
      "unit": "score",
      "measured": {
        "median": 3606,
        "low": 3274,
        "high": 4255,
        "count": 5
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · GPU · Quantized",
      "unit": "score",
      "measured": {
        "median": 3277,
        "low": 3063,
        "high": 3721,
        "count": 5
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · Neural Engine · Single",
      "unit": "score",
      "measured": {
        "median": 3326,
        "low": 3179,
        "high": 3537,
        "count": 5
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
    "ai-neural-engine-half": {
      "label": "Geekbench AI · Neural Engine · Half",
      "unit": "score",
      "measured": {
        "median": 20396,
        "low": 19631,
        "high": 22542,
        "count": 5
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · Neural Engine · Quantized",
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        "median": 23245,
        "low": 22349,
        "high": 25905,
        "count": 5
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      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Prefill 512 · F16",
      "unit": "tok/s",
      "measured": null,
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Decode 128 · F16",
      "unit": "tok/s",
      "measured": null,
      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Prefill 512 · Q8_0",
      "unit": "tok/s",
      "measured": null,
      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Decode 128 · Q8_0",
      "unit": "tok/s",
      "measured": null,
      "estimate": null
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      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Decode 128 · Q4_0",
      "unit": "tok/s",
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      "estimate": null
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