Apple A11 Bionic vs Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Apple A11 Bionic

Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
8.8x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1314 vs 1235

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1314 vs 1235

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
128x more maximum memory size: 384 GB vs 3 GB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6774 vs 4404

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 6
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz vs 2.39 GHz
Maximum memory size	384 GB vs 3 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	6774 vs 4404

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1314

1235

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4404

6774

Name	Apple A11 Bionic	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1314	1235
PassMark - CPU mark	4404	6774

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A11 Bionic	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Monsoon/Mistral	Ivy Bridge EN
Launch date	22 Sep 2017	Q1'14
OS Support	iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	1733	1734
Processor Number	APL1W72	E5-2448LV2
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	1.19 GHz	1.80 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.39 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	6	10
Number of threads	6	20
Transistor count	4.3 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		90.9°C
Number of QPI Links		1
VID voltage range		0.65-1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	1	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 GB	384 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Graphics
Execution Units	12
Graphics base frequency	1066 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt	70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported		FCLGA1356
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		24
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)