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.

Apple A11 Bionic

Intel Celeron G3900TE

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: 4426 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	4426 vs 1850

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3900TE

21.3x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 3 GB
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1402 vs 1330

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1402 vs 1330

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1330

1402

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4426

1850

Name	Apple A11 Bionic	Intel Celeron G3900TE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1330	1402
PassMark - CPU mark	4426	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	1828	1820
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)