Apple A11 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 980

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A11 Bionic with Samsung Exynos 980. 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	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	10 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	4300 million
TDP	8 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple M10	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 3 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 1	Mali-G76 MP5
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Bifrost
GPU frequency	1066 MHz	730 MHz
Execution units	3	5
Shaders	192	80
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2436x1125	3360x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	3.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	1.38 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS