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Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

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25Inno Score
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WINNER
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
26.2Inno Score
28.6CPU20
25.6GPU—
—Benchmarks20
20AIspec-based—
20Efficiencyspec-based46.7
5 spec wins — Apple A11 Bionic1 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: Apple A11 Bionic scores 25 against 26.2 for Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. Pick by the categories that matter to you, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A11 Bionic

  • Stronger CPU score: 29 vs 20
  • 588% higher Geekbench 6 (single): 1,100 vs 160
  • 221% higher Geekbench 6 (multi): 2,245 vs 700
  • 29% lower process: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 20% higher Max clock: 2.39 GHz vs 2 GHz

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6

General

General comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
Announced20172016
Process10 nm+29%14 nm
TDP (typical)—4 W
ArchitectureArmv8.2Armv8

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x2.39 GHz Monsoon + 4x Mistral8x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Max clock2.39 GHz+20%2 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
GPUApple GPU (3-core)Qualcomm Adreno 506

AI

AI comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
NPUNeural Engine (2-core)Qualcomm Hexagon 546
AI performance1 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR3-933
Max bandwidth—7.5 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
ModemQualcomm MDM9655 or Intel XMM 7480 LTE (external)Snapdragon X9 LTE
Wi-FiWi-Fi 5Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth5.04.2

Media

Media comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
Max display2436x1125FHD @ 60Hz
Video capture4K@60fps4K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 625
AnTuTu—145,000
Geekbench 6 (single)1,100+588%Top 43%160Bottom 4%
Geekbench 6 (multi)2,245+221%Bottom 40%700Bottom 5%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme891Bottom 31%—

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