Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs Apple A11 Bionic

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 40
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A11 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 860Apple A11 Bionic
Architecture 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) 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2960 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors Not available 4.3 billion
TDP 10 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 860Apple A11 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
L3 cache 2 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 860Apple A11 Bionic
GPU Adreno 640 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 600 Not available
GPU clock 675 MHz Not available
Execution units 2 3
Shaders 384 Not available
FLOPS 1037 Gigaflops 325 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon 690 Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 860Apple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 860Apple A11 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 2000 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 316 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 860Apple A11 Bionic
Release April 2019 September 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8150-AC APL1W72
Storage support UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Devices in database 2 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Xiaomi Pad 5
Xiaomi

Xiaomi Pad 5

2.9
Tablet
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
POCO

POCO X3 Pro

3.6
Smartphone
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

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