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
PassMark - Single thread mark 1313
PassMark - CPU mark 4403
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

Essentials

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 1732 1657
Processor Number APL1W72 RX-421BD
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family AMD R-Series

Performance

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

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

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

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

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0
UART
USB revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

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

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)