Comparison of Apple A11 Bionic and Apple A9X [S]ave
| Attribute |  Apple A11 Bionic × | Apple A9X × |
|---|---|---|
| General Information | ||
| Brand | Apple | Apple |
| Series | Apple A series | Apple A series |
| Model | Apple A11 Bionic | Apple A9X |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | ||
| CPU Cores | 6 | 2 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 1.42 | 2.16 |
| CPU Threads | 6 | 2 |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Hyperthreading | - | - |
| Overclocking | - | - |
| A core | 2x Monsoon | 2x Twister |
| B core | 4x Mistral | - |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 2.39 | 2.26 |
| Turbo (2 Cores) (GHz) | - | 2.26 |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | 2.39 | - |
| Encryption | ||
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | ||
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode | No |
| VP8 | Decode / Encode | Decode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode | Decode |
| VP9 | Decode | No |
| AVC | Decode | Decode |
| Internal Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A11 | Apple A9X |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 1.42 | 0.65 |
| GPU (Turbo) (GHz) | 2.39 | - |
| Generation | 8 | 6 |
| Execution units | 3 | 12 |
| Shader | 0 | 384 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 3 | 4 |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2017 | 2015 |
| Memory And PCIe | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-4266 | LPDDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 16 | 4 |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| Technical details | ||
| Release date (year) | 2017 | 2015 |
| Technology (Nm) | 10 | 16 |
| Virtualization |
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| L2-Cache (MB) | 8 | 3 |
| Architecture | A12 | A9X |
| Instruction set (ISA) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | ||
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 8 | 8 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 454 | 499 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 932 | 652 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 2,569 | 1,198 |
| AnTuTu 8 benchmark | 295,465 | 272,103 |
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