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Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 9609 vs Apple A11 Bionic

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

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Compared fields 42
Different values 30
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 9609
  • More CPU cores
Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609Apple A11 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2200 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors 3 billion 4.3 billion
TDP 9 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609Apple A11 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 11.9 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609Apple A11 Bionic
GPU Mali-G72 MP3 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Bifrost Not available
GPU clock 900 MHz Not available
Execution units 3 3
Shaders 48 Not available
FLOPS 259 Gigaflops 325 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609Apple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2560 x 1600 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609Apple A11 Bionic
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

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609Apple A11 Bionic
Release May 2019 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E9609 APL1W72
Storage support eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 5 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Samsung Exynos 9609

PDF manual 4G
Motorola One Action
Motorola

Motorola One Action

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30 i…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh
View details PDF
4G
Motorola P50
Motorola

Motorola P50

3.1
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.34 i…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh
View details
PDF manual 4G
Motorola One Vision
Motorola

Motorola One Vision

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30 i…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3500 mAh
View details PDF

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
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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
View details
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
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