Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

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

Compared fields 40
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A786x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2390 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A Not available
Process technology 10 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion Not available
TDP 8 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
GPU Apple GPU Adreno 619
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 600
Execution units 3 Not available
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Release September 2017 October 2022
Class Flagship Low end
Model number APL1W72 SM4375
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2
Devices in database Not available 2
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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

5G
Vivo iQOO Z6 Lite 5G
Vivo

Vivo iQOO Z6 Lite 5G

2.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2408 pixel…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
5G
Redmi Note 12 5G
Redmi

Redmi Note 12 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh