Apple A11 Bionic vs AMD A8-7050

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and AMD A8-7050 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

Apple A11 Bionic

AMD A8-7050

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
4 more threads: 6 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 28 nm
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 20 Watt

Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	8 MB (shared) vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: AMD A8-7050

Name	Apple A11 Bionic	AMD A8-7050
PassMark - Single thread mark	1330
PassMark - CPU mark	4426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		217.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.619

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A11 Bionic	AMD A8-7050
Essentials
Architecture codename	Monsoon/Mistral	Bald Eagle
Launch date	22 Sep 2017	Q3'14
OS Support	iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	1828	1695
Processor Number	APL1W72
Vertical segment	Mobile	Laptop
Performance
Base frequency	1.19 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	2.39 GHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of threads	6	2
Transistor count	4.3 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed		100 MHz
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
VID voltage range		1.012 V
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266
Graphics
Execution Units	12
Graphics base frequency	1066 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt	20 Watt
Sockets supported		FP3 (906)
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)