Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1280 vs Apple A11 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1280
  • 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

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1280Apple A11 Bionic
Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A786x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2400 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set Not available ARMv8-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors Not available 4.3 billion
TDP Not available 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1280Apple A11 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 14.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1280Apple A11 Bionic
GPU Mali-G68 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Valhall 2 Not available
GPU clock 1000 MHz Not available
Execution units 4 3
Shaders 48 Not available
FLOPS Not available 325 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1280Apple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 108MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1280Apple A11 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 200 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1280Apple A11 Bionic
Release March 2022 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8825 APL1W72
Storage support UFS 2.2 NVMe
Devices in database 4 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Samsung Exynos 1280

PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM

3.6
Smartphone
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
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy M33

3.6
Smartphone
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
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A53 Dual SIM

3.4
Smartphone
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
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A53

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 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