Apple A11 Bionic

Apple A11 Bionic
  • GPU: Apple A11 GPU
  • Cores: 6
  • Clock: 2390 MHz
Apple A11 Bionic – an 6-core chipset that was announced on September 12, 2017, and is manufactured using a 10-nanometer process technology. It has 2 cores Monsoon at 2390 MHz and 4 cores Mistral at 1420 MHz.

Review

CPU Performance
31
Gaming Performance
17
Battery life
75
NanoReview Score
35
Compare Apple A11 Bionic with other SoCs

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Apple A11 Bionic
626912
CPU 254993
GPU 116883
Memory 96795
UX 158241
Total score 626912

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1093
Multi-Core Score
1828
Asset compression 113.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 58.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 82.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 23.6 images/sec
HDR 83.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 10.1 images/sec
Photo processing 29.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
5630
Background blur 12.3 images/sec
Face detection 11.3 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 12.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 324.3 FPS
API Metal
Samples 3 tests

3DMark

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

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-21 (I desperately need a new phone)Geekbench 6 CPU858 / 1167

Smartphones

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Phones with A11 BionicAnTuTu v11
1. Apple iPhone X644307
2. Apple iPhone 8 Plus620370
3. Apple iPhone 8520567

Specifications

Detailed specifications of the A11 Bionic SoC with Apple A11 GPU graphics

CPU

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 10 nanometers
Transistor count 4.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple A11 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1066 MHz
Pipelines 3
Shading units 64
Total shaders 192
FLOPS 409.3 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe
Max display resolution 2436 x 1125
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 12
5G support No
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2017
Class Flagship
Model number APL1071
Successor - Apple A19 Pro

Comments

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Joe March 30, 2026 at 07:17 PM
NPU theoretical performance -> 0.6 TOPs
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