Snapdragon 765G vs A11 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G (Adreno 620) with the older 6-core Apple A11 Bionic (Apple A11 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Performs 17% better in floating-point computations
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A11 Bionic
  • Supports 101% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 17 GB/s)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~42%)
  • Shows better (up to 5%) AnTuTu 11 score – 626K vs 597K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
626912
CPU 225992 254993
GPU 68730 116883
Memory 118245 96795
UX 185007 158241
Total score 597974 626912
Samples [11 tests] Less than 3
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A11 Bionic +37%
1093
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 87.8 MB/sec 113.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 46.3 pages/sec 58.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 61.6 Mpixels/sec 82.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 34.9 images/sec 23.6 images/sec
HDR 55.6 Mpixels/sec 83.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.41 images/sec 10.1 images/sec
Photo processing 15.9 images/sec 29.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.58 Mpixels/sec 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 6 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A11 Bionic +362%
5630
Background blur 1.85 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Face detection 0.88 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 3.33 Gpixels/sec 12.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 206.3 FPS 324.3 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 4 tests 3 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
A11 Bionic +100%
892
Score 446 892
Stability 99% 59%
Graphics test 2 FPS 5 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 6739 -
Video editing score 5699 -
Data manipulation score 7976 -
Photo editing score 19870 -
Writing score 11348 -
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 57 FPS
[High]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 38 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Fortnite 29 FPS
[Medium]
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Shadowgun Legends 67 FPS
[Low]
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World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 55 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Device Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (Gruk)AnTuTu 11641913
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Gruk)AnTuTu 11641913
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Guitar91)AnTuTu 11622520
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (mxrcovx13)AnTuTu 11571064
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-22 (Artreg)AnTuTu 11566323
Apple A11 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz)Geekbench 6 GPU5436
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz)Geekbench 6 CPU1075 / 2393
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (TestGame)Geekbench 6 GPU5630
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (TestGame)Geekbench 6 CPU1093 / 1828
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-08 -> TangerineGeekbench 6 CPU1105 / 2629

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 765G and A11 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)
1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon
4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2400 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - 64 KB
L2 cache - 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistor count - 4.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 8 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 620 Apple A11 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 750 MHz 1066 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 192 64
Total shaders 384 192
FLOPS 480 Gigaflops 409.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 696 Apple Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0 NVMe
Max display resolution 3200 x 1800 2436 x 1125
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X52 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2019 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7250-AB APL1071
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G official site -
Successor - - Apple A19 Pro

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