Exynos 9611 vs A12 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 9611 (Mali-G72 MP3) with the older 6-core Apple A12 Bionic (Apple A12 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 Samsung Exynos 9611
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A12 Bionic
- Performs 9.4x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 166% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 12.8 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.5x) AnTuTu 11 score β 895K vs 355K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~32%)
- 8% higher CPU clock speed (2490 vs 2300 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 146634 | 309104 |
| GPU | 30478 | 144993 |
| Memory | 82437 | 139578 |
| UX | 95802 | 301952 |
| Total score | 355351 | 895627 |
| Samples | [17 tests] | 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 | 69.2 MB/sec | 116.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 27.4 pages/sec | 59.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 30 Mpixels/sec | 71.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 9.76 images/sec | 23.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 38.1 Mpixels/sec | 98.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 1.54 images/sec | 11.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 5.84 images/sec | 36.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 1.3 Mpixels/sec | 3.49 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 13 tests | 5 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 2.36 images/sec | 16.1 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.43 images/sec | 19.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.12 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | 24.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 145.6 FPS | 608.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 9 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 1482 |
| Stability | - | 65% |
| Graphics test | - | 8 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5186 | - |
| Video editing score | 5099 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 4791 | - |
| Photo editing score | 10017 | - |
| Writing score | 6916 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 31 FPS [High] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 40 FPS [Medium] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 43 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 38 FPS [High] |
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| Device | Samsung Galaxy A51 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
Samsung Exynos 9611
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-30 (Aginves) | AnTuTu | 357049 |
| π 2026-08-28 (ROBIZ) | AnTuTu | 331364 |
| π 2026-07-15 (Somya Lohiya) | AnTuTu | 298360 |
| π 2026-06-20 (14burgos) | AnTuTu | 393276 |
| π 2026-06-15 (Robiz) | AnTuTu | 302904 |
Apple A12 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-16 -> op1 | GeekBench CPU | 1344 / 4757 |
| π 2026-07-31 (ΠΠΈΠΌΠ°) | AnTuTu | 644981 |
| π 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | GeekBench GPU | 7868 |
| π 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | GeekBench CPU | 1306 / 2770 |
| π 2026-05-12 -> Giahuy | AnTuTu | 756483 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9611 and A12 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.3 GHz β Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz β Cortex-A53 |
2x 2.49 GHz β Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz β Tempest |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 6.9 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72 MP3 | Apple A12 GPU |
| Architecture | Bifrost 2nd gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 4 |
| Shading units | 12 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 36 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 61.2 Gigaflops | 576 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 12.8 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AACβLC - AAX ΠΈ AAX+ - Apple Lossless - HEβAAC - HEβAAC v2 - Linear PCM - MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Shannon 337 | Intel XMM 7560 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2019 | September 2018 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9611 | APL1W81 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9611 official site | - |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 1580 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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