Apple A11 Bionic vs AMD RX-225FB

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and AMD RX-225FB processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Peripherals, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Apple A11 Bionic

AMD RX-225FB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
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
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 17 Watt
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1321 vs 794
4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4415 vs 892

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Sep 2017 vs 20 May 2014
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 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt vs 17 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1321 vs 794
PassMark - CPU mark	4415 vs 892

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-225FB

Around 125423% higher clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 2.39 GHz
341.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3000 MHz vs 2.39 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: AMD RX-225FB

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1321

794

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4415

892

Name	Apple A11 Bionic	AMD RX-225FB
PassMark - Single thread mark	1321	794
PassMark - CPU mark	4415	892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		175.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		7.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		25.166

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A11 Bionic	AMD RX-225FB
Essentials
Architecture codename	Monsoon/Mistral	Bald Eagle
Launch date	22 Sep 2017	20 May 2014
OS Support	iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	1815	2100
Processor Number	APL1W72	RX-225FB
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Family		AMD R-Series
Performance
Base frequency	1.19 GHz	2200 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	2.39 GHz	3000 MHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of threads	6	2
Transistor count	4.3 billion
64 bit support
Die size		928 mm2
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR3-1600
Graphics
Execution Units	12
Graphics base frequency	1066 MHz	464 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Graphics max frequency		533 MHz
Number of pipelines		192
Processor graphics		Radeon R4 Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt	17 Watt
Configurable TDP		15-17 Watt
Package Size		micro-BGA
Sockets supported		BGA (FP3)
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.1
OpenGL		4.2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)