Apple A11 Bionic vs Intel Celeron G3900TE

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and Intel Celeron G3900TE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

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 14 nm
  • 4.4x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4419 vs 1850
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4419 vs 1850

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3900TE

  • 21.3x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1402 vs 1324
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1402 vs 1324

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G3900TE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1324
1402
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4419
1850
Name Apple A11 Bionic Intel Celeron G3900TE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1324 1402
PassMark - CPU mark 4419 1850

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A11 Bionic Intel Celeron G3900TE

Essentials

Architecture codename Monsoon/Mistral Skylake
Launch date 22 Sep 2017 Q4'15
OS Support iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1818 1819
Processor Number APL1W72 G3900TE
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Series Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.19 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 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 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 3 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

Graphics

Execution Units 12
Graphics base frequency 1066 MHz 350 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Device ID 0x1902
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 510

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)