Apple A11 Bionic vs Intel Pentium 3558U

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and Intel Pentium 3558U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple A11 Bionic

Intel Pentium 3558U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
4 more threads: 6 vs 2
Around 41% higher clock speed: 2.39 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1324 vs 946
4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4420 vs 1036

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Sep 2017 vs 1 January 2014
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.39 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache	8 MB (shared) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1324 vs 946
PassMark - CPU mark	4420 vs 1036

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 3558U

341.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
5.3x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 3 GB

L1 cache	128 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 3 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 3558U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1324

946

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4420

1036

Name	Apple A11 Bionic	Intel Pentium 3558U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1324	946
PassMark - CPU mark	4420	1036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.996
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		553
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3226

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A11 Bionic	Intel Pentium 3558U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Monsoon/Mistral	Haswell
Launch date	22 Sep 2017	1 January 2014
OS Support	iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	1818	1813
Processor Number	APL1W72	3558U
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Series		Intel® Pentium® Processor 3000 Series
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	1.19 GHz	1.70 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.39 GHz	1.7 GHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of threads	6	2
Transistor count	4.3 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
L3 cache		2 MB
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 GB	16 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600
Graphics
Execution Units	12
Graphics base frequency	1066 MHz	200 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt	15 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		40mm x 24mm x 1.5mm
Sockets supported		FCBGA1168
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes		10
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		2
Number of USB ports		4
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCI support
PCIe configurations		4x1, 1x4, 1x2
Total number of SATA ports		2
UART
USB revision		3.0
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® ME Firmware Version		9.5
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Matrix Storage
Smart Connect
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)