CPU A
Apple A11 Bionic
6 cores 2390 MHz 10 nanometers Apple GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A11 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 7872
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 7872
6 cores 2000 MHz 14 nanometers Mali-G71 MP1
Compared fields
42
Different values
36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 7872
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
CPU
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral | 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 6 |
| Clock speed | 2390 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process technology | 10 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistors | 4.3 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 5 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 64 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Memory bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 3.7 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 3 GB | 4 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU | Mali-G71 MP1 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Bifrost |
| GPU clock | Not available | 1200 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 1 |
| Shaders | Not available | 16 |
| FLOPS | 325 Gigaflops | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Neural Engine | No |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2436 x 1125 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2017 | January 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | APL1W72 | S5E7872 |
| Storage support | NVMe | eMMC 5.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 1 |
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 7872
4G
Meizu M6s
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 720 × 1440 pixels (5.70 in…
- RAM
- 3 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3000 mAh
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