Apple A11 Bionic Processor – Specification and Gaming Experience

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Apple A11 Bionic Processor is a 64-bit hexa-core ARM SoC. It is designed by Apple Inc. and introduced in late 2017. Based on 10 nm TSMC’s process, this processor contains 6 cores consisting of 2 high-performance Monsoon cores operating at a clocked speed of 2.39 GHz and 4 energy-efficient Mistral cores operating at a clocked speed of 1.42 GHz. Apple A11 Bionic supports up to 3 GB of LPDDR4X RAM. It integrates three core GPU with M11 motion co-processor that is also designed by Apple.

Overview of Apple A11 Bionic Processor:

Series Apple A-series
Codename Monsoon / Mistral
Clock Rate 2.39 GHz
Number of Cores 6
Manufacturing Technology 10 nm
Features ARMv8 instruction set
GPU Apple A11 Bionic GPU
64 Bit Yes

Features of Apple A11 Bionic Chip:

  • The Apple A11 Bionic is manufactured by TSMC using a 10 nm Fin-FET process, containing 4.3 billion transistors with 2 high-performance CPU cores and 4 power-efficient CPU cores operating at a clock speed of a 2.39GHz and 1.42GHz respectively.
  • Monsoons are 25% faster and Mistrals are up to 70% faster than the A10 including a three-core GPU, M11 motion coprocessor and an updated image signal processor. The A11 improves multi-threaded tasks with a new performance controller. It can utilize all cores simultaneously.
  • The performance of A11’s three-core graphics processing unit (GPU) and an M11 motion coprocessor is 30% faster than A10.
  • The A11 includes two completely innovating features that are
  • A new image processor, and
  • Dedicated neural network hardware.
  • The job of the image processor is to support lighting estimation, wide colour capture and advanced pixel processing. The neural network hardware is called “Neural Engine” that can perform up to 600 billion operations per second.
  • The A11 can back up the most complicated graphic function i.e. 3D face recognition under unfriendly conditions.
  • The energy saving mode, to back up the prolonged battery life, is a runner-up with a new energy efficient microarchitecture.

Apple A12 Bionic Processor – Specification and Gaming Experience

The “Neural Engine” is a double core design with a high stance to perform various operations in an instance.

Apple A12 Bionic Processor is a 64-bit hexa-core ARM SoC. It is designed by Apple Inc. and introduced in late 2018.

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Gaming Experience:

The Apple A11 Bionic is manufactured by TSMC using a 10 nm Fin-FET process, containing 2 high-performance CPU cores and 4 power-efficient CPU cores operating at a clock speed of a 2.39GHz and 1.42GHz respectively. Monsoons are 25% faster and Mistrals are up to 70% faster than the A10 including a three-core GPU, M11 motion coprocessor and an updated image signal processor. The performance of A11’s three-core graphics processing unit (GPU) and a M11 motion coprocessor is 30% faster than A10. Also Retina display and LPDDR4X RAM enhance visualised performance for playing games. These all helps for a smooth gameplay.

Devices that use Apple A11 bionic processor:

This chipset is used in Apple handsets like iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus and iPhone X.

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