Apple A11 Bionic
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A11 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (10 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2900 MHz (2390 MHz vs 2900 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2025 (September 2017 vs December 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2017
Launch Date
December 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W72
Model Name
SM6225-AF
2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon
4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral
Architecture
4x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
6
Cores
8
10 nm
Technology
6 nm
2390 MHz
Frequency
2900 MHz
4.3
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A11 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 610
1066 MHz
GPU frequency
-
0.4093 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
64
Shading units
128
3
Execution units
-
2.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.0
Vulkan version
1.1
2436 x 1125
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

8 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Apple M10
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A11 Bionic
1097 +18%
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
928
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A11 Bionic
2357 +15%
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
2049
AnTuTu 10
A11 Bionic
401359
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
405227 +1%