Apple A11 Bionic
In September 2017, Apple launched the Apple A11 Bionic processor for iPhones, pushing mobile performance forward. Fabricated on an industry-leading 10-nanometer process, the innovative 6-core design has two high-performance Monsoon cores clocked at 2.39GHz plus four battery-efficient Mistral cores.
Combined with the custom GPU and neural engine, the A11 Bionic introduces more power and intelligence without sacrificing battery savings. From elite mobile gaming to snappy multitasking and intuitive camera capabilities, the feature-packed A11 chip cements the iPhone’s status as a leader in silicon engineering and efficiency.
Specs And Benchmark
Basics
| Available | September 2017 |
| Class | Flagship |
| Model | APL1W72 |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A11 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1066 MHz |
| FLOPS | 409.3 Gigaflops |
| Execution units | 3 |
| Shading units | 64 |
| Total shaders | 192 |
CPU
| Foundry | TSMC |
| Architecture |
2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon 4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 2390 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 10nm |
| Transistor count | 4.3 billion |
| TDP | 8W |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 |
| Wi-Fi | 5 |
| Upload speed | 150 Mbps |
| Download speed | 600 Mbps |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Display/Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple M10 |
| Max display resolution | 2436 x 1125 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| Storage Tech | NVMe |
3DMark
| Graphics test | 20 FPS |
| Score | 3432 |
| Stability | 71% |
GeekBench 6
| Single-Core Score | 1087 |
| Multi-Core Score | 2345 |
Gaming
AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 163545 |
| GPU | 99532 |
| Memory | 129389 |
| UX | 90728 |
| Total score | 483193 |
