Apple A11 Bionic vs AMD RX-421BD
Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and AMD RX-421BD 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic
- CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
- 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 28 nm
- 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- 4.4x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date | 22 Sep 2017 vs 21 October 2015 |
Number of cores | 6 vs 4 |
Number of threads | 6 vs 4 |
Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm vs 28 nm |
L2 cache | 8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 8 Watt vs 35 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD RX-421BD
- Around 142159% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2.39 GHz
- 853.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency | 3400 MHz vs 2.39 GHz |
L1 cache | 320 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: AMD RX-421BD
Name | Apple A11 Bionic | AMD RX-421BD |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1327 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 4424 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 3.817 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 10.518 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.189 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 0.608 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 4.623 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1942 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7025 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1942 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7025 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Apple A11 Bionic | AMD RX-421BD | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Monsoon/Mistral | Merlin Falcon |
Launch date | 22 Sep 2017 | 21 October 2015 |
OS Support | iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2 | |
Place in performance rating | 1818 | 1721 |
Processor Number | APL1W72 | RX-421BD |
Vertical segment | Mobile | Embedded |
Family | AMD R-Series | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 1.19 GHz | 2100 MHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) | 320 KB |
L2 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 28 nm |
Maximum frequency | 2.39 GHz | 3400 MHz |
Number of cores | 6 | 4 |
Number of threads | 6 | 4 |
Transistor count | 4.3 billion | |
64 bit support | ||
Die size | 1073 mm2 | |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 38.4 GB/s |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB | |
Supported memory types | LPDDR4X-4266 | DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400 |
ECC memory support | ||
Graphics |
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Execution Units | 12 | |
Graphics base frequency | 1066 MHz | 800 MHz |
iGPU core count | 3 | |
Number of pipelines | 512 | |
Processor graphics | Radeon R7 series | |
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Codec Engine (VCE) | ||
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 8 Watt | 35 Watt |
Configurable TDP | 12-35 Watt | |
Package Size | micro-BGA | |
Sockets supported | BGA (FP4) | |
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
DVI | ||
eDP | ||
HDMI | ||
Number of displays supported | 3 | |
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
OpenGL | 4.4 | |
Peripherals |
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PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
UART | ||
USB revision | 3.0 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |