CPU A
Apple A11 Bionic
6 cores 2390 MHz 10 nanometers Apple GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A11 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1280
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 1280
8 cores 2400 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G68
Compared fields
42
Different values
38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Samsung Exynos 1280
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral | 2x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A786x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2390 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | Not available |
| Process technology | 10 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistors | 4.3 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 8 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 64 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | Not available |
| Maximum memory | 3 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU | Mali-G68 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Valhall 2 |
| GPU clock | Not available | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 4 |
| Shaders | Not available | 48 |
| FLOPS | 325 Gigaflops | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Neural Engine | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2436 x 1125 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 108MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| 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 | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2017 | March 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W72 | S5E8825 |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 2.2 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 4 |
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
Samsung Exynos 1280
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2408 pixels (6.60 i…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33
- Display
- IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2408 pix…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53 Dual SIM
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
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