Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: Apple A11 Bionic, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A11 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A11 Bionic
486501
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
308333
CPU169816104065
GPU12398339362
Memory10078992127
UX9191372779
NanoReview Score486501308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A11 Bionic
3432
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Stability71 %n/a
Graphics Test20 fps3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A11 Bionic
1087
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A11 Bionic
2346
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression104 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser53.7 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering50.2 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur9.18 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing30.7 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection15.5 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR83.7 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.19 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.39 (Monsoon)
- 4/1.42 (Mistral)
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2390 2400
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 64 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 10 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 4.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A11 GPU Adreno 610
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1066 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 3 1
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 192 128
FLOPS 409.3 GFLOPS 285.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 2436x1125 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x64 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
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

Modem n/a X11
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2017 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename APL1W72 SM6225

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A11 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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