Apple A11 Bionic vs Apple A18 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.39GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 3-Core A11	iGPU 5-Core A18
Peak·FP32·FP16 437.8 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A11 Bionic1,121

x1

A183,336

x2.98

Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	6 Cores 2P 4E
6 Threads 2P 4E	6 Threads 2P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.39GHz	Base Clock 4.04GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 64KB P 32KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 64KB P 32KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 8MB P shared 1MB E shared	L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 4MB	SLC Cache 12MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 3GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 7500MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 60GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 60GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 12W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x4 3.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x3 5.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 3-Core A11	iGPU 5-Core A18
Shaders 192	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.14GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 437.8 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H17 Theia
NPU Cores 2	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 2.17GHz
Performance 600 GOPSFP16	Performance 35 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 7ARMv8.2-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Skye A11Variant MonsoonP-Core MistralE-Core	Codename Tupai A18Variant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 22, 2017	Release Date Sep 9, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 10FF	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 88mm²	Die Size 90mm²
Transistor Count 4.3 Billion	Transistor Count 15.5 Billion
Transistor Density 49 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²

Images

Used In

Smartphones iPhone 8iPhone 8 PlusiPhone X

Smartphones iPhone 16iPhone 16 Plus

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