Apple A11 Bionic vs AMD RX-425BB

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and AMD RX-425BB 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 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
  • 2x 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
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1324 vs 1192
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4420 vs 2648
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 Sep 2017 vs 20 May 2014
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 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1324 vs 1192
PassMark - CPU mark 4420 vs 2648

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-425BB

  • Around 142159% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2.39 GHz
  • 682.7x 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 256 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: AMD RX-425BB

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1324
1192
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4420
2648
Name Apple A11 Bionic AMD RX-425BB
PassMark - Single thread mark 1324 1192
PassMark - CPU mark 4420 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1427

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A11 Bionic AMD RX-425BB

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 1818 1722
Processor Number APL1W72 RX-425BB
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family AMD R-Series

Performance

Base frequency 1.19 GHz 2500 MHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 4 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 928 mm2

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 29.9 GB/s
Maximum memory size 3 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR3-1866

Graphics

Execution Units 12
Graphics base frequency 1066 MHz 576 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Graphics max dynamic frequency 654 MHz
Number of pipelines 384
Processor graphics Radeon R6 Graphics
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 30-35 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

PCI Express 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® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)