Snapdragon 835 vs A11 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (Adreno 540) with the newer 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
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A11 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~50%)
- Shows significantly better (up to 43%) AnTuTu 11 score β 626K vs 438K
- Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 29.8 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 148324 | 254993 |
| GPU | 101521 | 116883 |
| Memory | 88938 | 96795 |
| UX | 99233 | 158241 |
| Total score | 438016 | 626912 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 87.1 MB/sec | 113.5 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 46.5 pages/sec | 58.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 56.7 Mpixels/sec | 82.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 15.6 images/sec | 23.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 48.2 Mpixels/sec | 83.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 2.93 images/sec | 10.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 11 images/sec | 29.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.23 Mpixels/sec | 3.32 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 2 tests | 6 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 3.08 images/sec | 12.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.3 images/sec | 11.3 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.23 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.11 Gpixels/sec | 0.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 5.03 Gpixels/sec | 12.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 105.3 FPS | 324.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | - | 3 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 368 | 892 |
| Stability | 97% | 59% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 5 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5581 | - |
| Video editing score | 5841 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 5696 | - |
| Photo editing score | 13302 | - |
| Writing score | 7633 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-13 (Lee) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 382 / 1166 |
| π 2023-09-25 (Nightshot) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 427 / 1500 |
Apple A11 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5436 |
| π 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1075 / 2393 |
| π 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5630 |
| π 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1093 / 1828 |
| π 2026-01-08 -> Tangerine | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1105 / 2629 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 835 and A11 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.45 GHz β Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz β Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53) |
2x 2.39 GHz β Monsoon 4x 1.42 GHz β Mistral |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2450 MHz | 2390 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 4.3 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 540 | Apple A11 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 1066 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | 3 |
| Shading units | 64 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 363.5 Gigaflops | 409.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 11 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 682 | Apple Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2436 x 1125 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 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 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X16 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 16 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | November 2016 | September 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MSM8998 | APL1071 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 | - Apple A20 Pro |
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