Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1580

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

Compared fields 39
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 1580
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2390 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion Not available
TDP 8 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 1580
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 1580
GPU Apple GPU Samsung Xclipse 540
GPU architecture Not available Magellan (RDNA 3)
Execution units 3 Not available
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 1580
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
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

SpecificationApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 1580
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 1580
Release September 2017 October 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W72 S5E8855
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.1
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

Samsung Exynos 1580

5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A56

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh