AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Apple A11 Bionic

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon X4 845 and Apple A11 Bionic is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon X4 845 Apple A11 Bionic
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Athlon Apple A series
• Generation
  2 11
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon X4 (Carizzo) Apple A11
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A10 Fusion
• Successor
  -- Apple A12 Bionic

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Apple A11 Bionic by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 1.42 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.80 GHz 2.39 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 2x Monsoon
• B core
  -- 4x Mistral

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon X4 845 and Apple A11 Bionic along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Apple A11
• GPU frequency
  1.42 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.39 GHz
• Execution units
  3
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 3 GB
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
  8
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2017

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon X4 845 and Apple A11 Bionic. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon X4 845 and Apple A11 Bionic you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  8

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon X4 845 and Apple A11 Bionic.

• AES-NI
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon X4 845 or Apple A11 Bionic? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 8 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon X4 845 and Apple A11 Bionic CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  SSE3
• L2-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Carizzo A11
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q3/2017

List of devices based on AMD Athlon X4 845 and Apple A11 Bionic.

• Used in
  Unknown Apple iPhone 8Apple iPhone 8 PlusApple iPhone X