Apple
Apple A11 Bionic
Apple's A11 Bionic is a 10nm six-core SoC with two Monsoon performance cores at up to 2.39GHz, four Mistral efficiency cores, a three-core Apple-designed GPU and a dual-core Neural Engine rated at 600 billion operations per second. It powers the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.
Pros
- Six-core CPU with two performance and four efficiency cores that Apple rated 25% and 70% faster than the A10 Fusion's
- Apple-designed three-core GPU rated by Apple at up to 30% faster than the previous generation
- Dual-core Neural Engine rated at up to 600 billion operations per second, used for Face ID and Animoji
- Review testing measured it about 19% faster single-threaded and 77% faster multi-threaded than the A10 Fusion in Geekbench, with a Geekbench 6 single-core result of 1100 on the iPhone X
Cons
- No integrated modem; cellular uses a separate Qualcomm or Intel chip depending on the model variant
- Wi-Fi is limited to 802.11ac and Bluetooth to 5.0, so no newer wireless standards
- Geekbench 6 multi-core result of 2245 on the iPhone X in review testing is far below current flagship chips
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme median of 891 at 59% stability on the iPhone X points to limited GPU headroom in modern 3D workloads
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple A11 Bionic
General
- Announced
- 2017
- Process
- 10 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 6
- Core configuration
- 2x2.39 GHz Monsoon + 4x Mistral
- Max clock
- 2.39 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Apple GPU (3-core)
AI
- NPU
- Neural Engine (2-core)
- AI performance
- 1 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X
Connectivity
- Modem
- Qualcomm MDM9655 or Intel XMM 7480 LTE (external)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- 2436x1125
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,100Top 43%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,245Bottom 40%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 891Bottom 31%
Devices with the Apple A11 Bionic
2 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Apple A11 Bionic good in 2026?
The Apple A11 Bionic earns an Inno Score of 25/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Apple's A11 Bionic is a 10nm six-core SoC with two Monsoon performance cores at up to 2.39GHz, four Mistral efficiency cores, a three-core Apple-designed GPU and a dual-core Neural Engine rated at 600 billion operations per second. It powers the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.
Which devices use the Apple A11 Bionic?
2 devices in our catalog use the Apple A11 Bionic: iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus.
What are the key specs of the Apple A11 Bionic?
Cores: 6 · Process: 10 nm · GPU: Apple GPU (3-core)
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple A11 Bionic?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2, Unisoc SC9863A, MediaTek Helio G80 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
