Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 32
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 845
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 4x 2.8 GHz - Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2390 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion 3 billion
TDP 8 W 9 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 845
L1 cache 64 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 1.5 MB
L3 cache Not available 2 MB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 845
GPU Apple GPU Adreno 630
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 600
GPU clock Not available 710 MHz
Execution units 3 2
Shaders Not available 256
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops 727 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.0
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Hexagon 685

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 845
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
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 845
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G No No
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 1200 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, SBAS

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 845
Release September 2017 December 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W72 SDM845
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.1
Devices in database Not available 56
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 845

4G
Samsung W2019
Samsung

Samsung W2019

3.3
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (4…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3070 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960U
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960U

3.5
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1440 × 2960 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy S9+ SM-G9650
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S9+ SM-G9650

3.5
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1440 × 2960 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G9600
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G9600

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1440 × 2960 pixels (5…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG Velvet 4G Dual SIM
LG

LG Velvet 4G Dual SIM

3.8
Smartphone
Display
POLED 16M colors 1080 × 2460 pixels (6.80 inc…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG Style 3
LG

LG Style 3

2.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1440 × 3120 pixels (6.10 inch…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG V40 ThinQ Dual SIM
LG

LG V40 ThinQ Dual SIM

3.5
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1440 × 3120 pixels (6.40 inch…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG V40 ThinQ
LG

LG V40 ThinQ

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1440 × 3120 pixels (6.40 inch…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh