Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 40
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2390 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion Not available
TDP 8 W 7 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
GPU Apple GPU Adreno 710
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 700
GPU clock Not available 676 MHz
Execution units 3 Not available
Shaders Not available 128
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops 346.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Release September 2017 September 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W72 SM6450
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
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 6 Gen 1

5G
Oppo A5 2025
Oppo

Oppo A5 2025

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6500 mAh
5G
Oppo Reno13 F 5G
Oppo

Oppo Reno13 F 5G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5800 mAh
5G
Honor Magic7 Lite
Honor

Honor Magic7 Lite

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6600 mAh
5G
Honor X9c
Honor

Honor X9c

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6600 mAh
5G
Honor X60 Pro
Honor

Honor X60 Pro

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6600 mAh