Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Apple A11 Bionic

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A11 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 12
5G No No
Download speed Up to 1200 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, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A11 Bionic
Release December 2017 September 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SDM845 APL1W72
Storage support UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 56 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

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