Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A11 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A11 Bionic

407854

Snapdragon 855

518573

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A11 Bionic

1083

Snapdragon 855

738

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A11 Bionic

2348

Snapdragon 855

2593

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon 4x 1.19 GHz – Mistral	1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	4300 million
TDP	8 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple M10	Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 3 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 1	Adreno 640
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1066 MHz	590 MHz
Execution units	3	4
Shaders	192	384
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2436x1125	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS