Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 vs Apple A11 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 680Apple A11 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz - Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz - Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2400 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 6 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors Not available 4.3 billion
TDP Not available 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 680Apple A11 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 680Apple A11 Bionic
GPU Adreno 610 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 600 Not available
GPU clock 1114 MHz Not available
Execution units 2 3
Shaders 96 Not available
FLOPS Not available 325 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon 686 Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 680Apple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 680Apple A11 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 12
5G No No
Download speed Up to 390 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 680Apple A11 Bionic
Release October 2021 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM6225 APL1W72
Storage support eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 NVMe
Devices in database 47 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

4G
Huawei Nova Y63
Huawei

Huawei Nova Y63

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixel…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 6000 mAh
4G
Huawei Nova 13i
Huawei

Huawei Nova 13i

3.7
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2388 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
4G
Huawei Nova Y72S
Huawei

Huawei Nova Y72S

3.0
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 6000 mAh
4G
Huawei Enjoy 70S
Huawei

Huawei Enjoy 70S

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 6000 mAh
Huawei MatePad 10.4 SE WiFi
Huawei

Huawei MatePad 10.4 SE WiFi

5.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pixels…
RAM
3 GB, 4 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5100 mAh
4G
Huawei MatePad 10.4 SE
Huawei

Huawei MatePad 10.4 SE

5.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pixels…
RAM
3 GB, 4 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5100 mAh
4G
Huawei Nova 10 SE
Huawei

Huawei Nova 10 SE

3.7
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
4G
Huawei Enjoy 50 Pro
Huawei

Huawei Enjoy 50 Pro

3.1
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2388 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 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