Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Helio G36 vs Apple A11 Bionic

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G36Apple A11 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A534x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A53 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2200 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 12 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors Not available 4.3 billion
TDP Not available 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G36Apple A11 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 13.9 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G36Apple A11 Bionic
GPU PowerVR GE8320 Apple GPU
GPU clock 680 MHz Not available
Execution units 4 3
Shaders 8 Not available
FLOPS 43.5 Gigaflops 325 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 1.2 2.1
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU No Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G36Apple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2400 x 1080 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G36Apple A11 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 12
5G No No
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 600 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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G36Apple A11 Bionic
Release February 2023 September 2017
Class Low end Flagship
Model number Not available APL1W72
Storage support eMMC 5.1 NVMe
Devices in database 6 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

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