Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G36

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 41
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
MediaTek Helio G36
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A534x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2390 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion Not available
TDP 8 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
GPU Apple GPU PowerVR GE8320
GPU clock Not available 680 MHz
Execution units 3 4
Shaders Not available 8
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 1.2
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine No

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 2400 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 7
5G No No
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
Release September 2017 February 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number APL1W72 Not available
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1
Devices in database Not available 6
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A11 Bionic

4G
Apple iPhone X
Apple

Apple iPhone X

3.5
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors 1125 × 2436 pixels (5.80 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2716 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 8 Plus

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2675 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8
Apple

Apple iPhone 8

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70…
RAM
2 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 1821 mAh

MediaTek Helio G36

4G
Honor X5b Plus
Honor

Honor X5b Plus

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1612 pixel…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5200 mAh
4G
Honor X5b
Honor

Honor X5b

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1612 pixel…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5200 mAh
4G
Honor X5 Plus
Honor

Honor X5 Plus

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1612 pixels…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Honor X6a
Honor

Honor X6a

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1612 pixels…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
4G
Redmi A2
Redmi

Redmi A2

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 720 × 1600 pixels (6.52…
RAM
2 GB, 3 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
4G
myPhone N23
myPhone

myPhone N23

4.0
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixel…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
4G
POCO C61
POCO

POCO C61

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1650 pixel…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
4G
POCO C51
POCO

POCO C51

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixel…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh