A (Slightly) Less Powerful A18 Chip

It’s small, but the iPhone 16e also has a slightly less capable A18 chip. While the A18 in the iPhone 16 has five GPU cores, the one used in the iPhone 16e will have only four.

That’s likely because Apple is using “binned” chips — A18 chips that came off the line and didn’t make the cut to go into the iPhone 16. The CPU cores and Neural Engine are the same, so the lack of an extra GPU core won’t likely be noticeable by most iPhone 16e owners. If you plan to play AAA games on your iPhone, you should probably opt for an iPhone 16 Pro model, with its even more powerful A18 Pro chip and proper 120Hz ProMotion display.