CPU A
Apple A11 Bionic
6 cores 2390 MHz 10 nanometers Apple GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8 cores 2960 MHz 7 nanometers Adreno 640
Compared fields
43
Different values
40
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral | 1x 2.96 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2390 MHz | 2960 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| Process technology | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistors | 4.3 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 8 W | 10 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 64 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| L3 cache | Not available | 2 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 3 GB | 16 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU | Adreno 640 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Adreno 600 |
| GPU clock | Not available | 675 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 2 |
| Shaders | Not available | 384 |
| FLOPS | 325 Gigaflops | 1037 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Neural Engine | Hexagon 690 |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2436 x 1125 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 2000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
General
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2017 | April 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W72 | SM8150-AC |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 860
Xiaomi Pad 5
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pixel…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 8720 mAh
PDF manual 4G
POCO X3 Pro
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5160 mAh
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