We are almost a week away from the Apple Glowtime event that finally lifted the lid on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models, and many have been curious to know how much RAM is in each device.
Maybe it’s more interesting this year because Apple previously mentioned that a certain RAM threshold is the reason why the iPhone 16 can run. Apple Intelligence features while the iPhone 15 cannot, but a new interview with Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, has confirmed the amount in each of the new phones.
Geekerwan spoke to Srouji (thanks 9to5Mac), who explained the reason behind including 8GB of RAM in all iPhone 16 models.
Johny Srouji with 8 GB of RAM on iPhone
“Our goal is to create the best products and deliver the best user experience. When it comes to Apple Intelligence, DRAM is one aspect. And when we look at what we’re building, whether it’s silicon, hardware or software, we don’t want to waste too many aspects,” explains Srouji.
“We have a lot of data that tells us what is going to enable a certain feature, and Apple Intelligence is one of those very, very important features that we want to enable.”
“And we look at different configurations, both for compute and for memory bandwidth and memory capacity. And then we make the right balance between what actually makes the most sense. So Apple Intelligence was an important feature that led us to believe that we need to get to 8GB.”
Srouji also notes how 8GB of RAM will help other facets of the iPhone experience, including “high-end games with AAA titles.”
He also extolled the virtues of Apple’s efficiency cores, highlighting single-thread performance across the Apple line.
“When you look at the single-thread performance core in all of our silicon, it’s absolutely the best in the industry. We’re leading the industry. If you look at the efficiency cores, same thing, we’re at the absolute best. We’re leading big time.”
