CPU A
Apple A11 Bionic
6 cores 2390 MHz 10 nanometers Apple GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A11 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9609
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 9609
8 cores 2200 MHz 10 nanometers Mali-G72 MP3
Compared fields
42
Different values
30
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
Samsung Exynos 9609
- More CPU cores
CPU
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9609 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral | 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2390 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process technology | 10 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistors | 4.3 billion | 3 billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 9 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9609 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 64 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 11.9 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 3 GB | 4 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9609 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Bifrost |
| GPU clock | Not available | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 3 |
| Shaders | Not available | 48 |
| FLOPS | 325 Gigaflops | 259 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Neural Engine | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9609 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2436 x 1125 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9609 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | Apple A11 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9609 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2017 | May 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W72 | S5E9609 |
| Storage support | NVMe | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 5 |
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 9609
PDF manual 4G
Motorola One Action
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30 i…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Motorola One Action Dual SIM
- Display
- IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3500 mAh
4G
Motorola P50
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.34 i…
- RAM
- 4 GB, 6 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Motorola One Vision Dual SIM
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30 i…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Motorola One Vision
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30 i…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 3500 mAh
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