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Apple A11 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

WINNER
A
25Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
22.6Inno Score
28.6CPU20.8
25.6GPU—
—Benchmarks20
20AIspec-based—
20Efficiencyspec-based29.7
6 spec wins — Apple A11 Bionic0 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

InnoReviews verdict

Apple A11 Bionic wins this mobile chipset face-off, 25 to 22.6, pulling ahead mainly in CPU (+8). Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A11 Bionic

  • Stronger CPU score: 29 vs 21
  • 224% higher Geekbench 6 (single): 1,100 vs 340
  • 155% higher Geekbench 6 (multi): 2,245 vs 880
  • 50% higher cores: 6 vs 4
  • 29% lower process: 10 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
Announced20172016
Process10 nm+29%14 nm
TDP (typical)—11 W
ArchitectureArmv8.2Armv8

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
Cores6+50%4
Core configuration2x2.39 GHz Monsoon + 4x Mistral2x2.15 GHz Kryo + 2x1.6 GHz Kryo
Max clock2.39 GHz+11%2.15 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
GPUApple GPU (3-core)Qualcomm Adreno 530

AI

AI comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
NPUNeural Engine (2-core)Qualcomm Hexagon 680
AI performance1 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR4-1866
Max bandwidth—29.9 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
ModemQualcomm MDM9655 or Intel XMM 7480 LTE (external)Snapdragon X12 LTE
Wi-FiWi-Fi 5Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth5.04.2

Media

Media comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
Max display2436x11254K @ 60Hz
Video capture4K@60fps4K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SpecApple A11 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 820
AnTuTu—230,000
Geekbench 6 (single)1,100+224%Top 43%340Bottom 9%
Geekbench 6 (multi)2,245+155%Bottom 40%880Bottom 5%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme891Bottom 31%—

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