Apple A11 Bionic Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Apple A11 Bionic features 6 processor cores and has the capability to manage 6 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2017 and belongs to the 11 generation of the Apple A series series.
Name: Apple A11 Bionic
Family: Apple A series
Group: Apple A11
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 11

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A11 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 2.39 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator. Processors with hybrid (big.LITTLE) architecture strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, making them ideal for mobile devices.
CPU Cores: 6
Threads: 6
Cores A: 2x Monsoon
Cores B: 4x Mistral
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.39 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.19 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Apple A11 Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A11 Bionic uses the Apple A11, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Apple A11
GPU frequency: 1.07 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 24
Shaders: 192
Max. GPU Memory: 3.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 8
Direct X: --
Technology: 10 nm
Release date: Q3/2017

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware: Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications: 2 Neural cores @ 0.6 TOPS

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 3.0 GB distributed across 1 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory: 3.0 GB
Memory channels: 1
Bandwidth: 34.1 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 8 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 8 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Apple A11 Bionic is manufactured using a 10 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 10 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 8.0 MB
L3-Cache: 0 bytes
Architecture: A11
Operating systems: iOS
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q3/2017
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

HiSilicon Kirin 810
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
301946
301946
MediaTek Helio G95
NoneC NoneT @ --
296193
296193
Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
295465
295465
Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
NoneC NoneT @ --
288740
288740
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
8C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
288736
288736

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

AMD Phenom II X4 970
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
4361
4361
Intel Core i3-7100
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
4360
4360
Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
4360
4360
Intel Core i3-7100
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
4360
4360
Intel Core i5-3450S
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
4350
4350

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
NoneC NoneT @ --
2574
2574
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
2574
2574
Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
2569
2569
Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
2566
2566
Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
2560
2560

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
2004
2004
Intel Core i7-4578U
2C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
2002
2002
Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
1997
1997
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1986
1986
AMD Athlon 200GE
2C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
1986
1986

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz
1095
1095
Intel Core m7-6Y75
2C 4T @ 1.2 GHz
1093
1093
Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
1093
1093
Intel Core m7-6Y75
2C 4T @ 1.2 GHz
1093
1093
Intel Core i5-8400T
6C 6T @ 1.7 GHz
1092
1092

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
8C 16T @ 3.6 GHz
932
932
Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
932
932
Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
932
932
Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
932
932
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
8C 16T @ 3.6 GHz
932
932

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A10-7350B
4C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
409
409
AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
409
409
Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
409
409
AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
409
409
AMD A10-7350B
4C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
409
409