Apple A11 Bionic vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2390 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
6
2
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
10 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
4.3
2
TDP
8 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A11 GPU
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
1066 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
3
6
Shading units
64
32
Vulkan version
1.0
1.1
OpenCL version
2.1
1.2
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M10
Apple M9
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2436 x 1125
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2017
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W72
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
409,550
285,954
Geekbench 6
1,097
623
Geekbench 6
2,357
957
FP32 (float)
409
249
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.