Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A11 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon 4x 1.19 GHz – Mistral	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 (Kryo Prime) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	4300 million
TDP	8 Watt	6.3 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple M10	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 3 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 1	Adreno 740
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Adreno 700
GPU frequency	1066 MHz	680 MHz
Execution units	3
Shaders	192
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2436x1125	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS