iPhone 15 vs iPhone 16
The iPhone 16 runs Gemma 4 E2B about 28% faster than the iPhone 15 (44 vs 35 tokens per second) and starts answering 0.7 s sooner.
Every model both run
| Model | iPhone 15 | iPhone 16 |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 E2B | 35 tok/sfirst word 3.1 s | 44 tok/sfirst word 2.4 s |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 26 tok/sfirst word 3.0 s | 33 tok/sfirst word 2.6 s |
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Questions
- Is the iPhone 15 faster than the iPhone 16 for AI?
- The iPhone 16 is faster on 2 of the 2 models both run in Loci. The iPhone 16 runs Gemma 4 E2B about 28% faster than the iPhone 15 (44 vs 35 tokens per second) and starts answering 0.7 s sooner.
- Which runs Gemma 4 E2B faster, the iPhone 15 or the iPhone 16?
- The iPhone 16 runs Gemma 4 E2B about 28% faster than the iPhone 15 (44 vs 35 tokens per second) and starts answering 0.7 s sooner.
- Which runs Qwen3.5 2B faster, the iPhone 15 or the iPhone 16?
- The iPhone 16 runs Qwen3.5 2B about 29% faster than the iPhone 15 (33 vs 26 tokens per second) and starts answering 0.3 s sooner.
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How these speeds are measured
- Every number comes from real chats in Loci, timed on the device that wrote the answer, with Loci's default settings.
- Tokens per second is how fast an answer is written once it starts. On phones, four characters of text count as one token for every model; on a Mac, Loci counts the model's own tokens. Reading pace is about 5.
- First word is how long an answer takes to start after you send a message. Longer conversations take longer.
- Each device counts once. The large number is the median; the typical range covers the middle half of devices.
- Each phone speed comes from at least 10 phones. Fewer Macs run Loci, so each Mac speed says how many Macs it comes from.
- On phones, answers written in Low Power Mode or Battery Saver, in the background, or with web search or other tools are left out.