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Apple A11 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9820

A
25Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 9820
—Inno Score
28.6CPU39.5
25.6GPU—
20AIspec-based—
20Efficiencyspec-based20
0 spec wins — Apple A11 Bionic4 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 9820

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 9820 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A11 Bionic

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

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 9820

  • Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 29
  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
  • 20% lower process: 8 nm vs 10 nm
  • 14% higher Max clock: 2.73 GHz vs 2.39 GHz

General

General comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Announced20172018
Process10 nm8 nm+20%
ArchitectureArmv8.2—

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x2.39 GHz Monsoon + 4x Mistral2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 + 2x2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock2.39 GHz2.73 GHz+14%

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
GPUApple GPU (3-core)Arm Mali-G76 MP12

AI

AI comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
NPUNeural Engine (2-core)Samsung NPU
AI performance1 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR4X

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
ModemQualcomm MDM9655 or Intel XMM 7480 LTE (external)Integrated LTE Cat-20
Max download—2 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 5—
Bluetooth5.0—

Media

Media comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Max display2436x1125WQUXGA (3840x2400)
Video capture4K@60fps8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9820
SpecApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 9820
Geekbench 6 (single)1,100Top 43%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)2,245Bottom 40%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme891Bottom 31%—

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