Apple A11 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Benchmark, comparison and differences


Apple A11 Bionic		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
CPU comparison Apple A11 Bionic or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Apple A11 Bionic has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.39 GHz. Up to 3 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A11 Bionic was released in Q3/2017. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX was released in Q3/2018.

Apple A series (22)	Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (13)
Apple A11 (1)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)
11	Generation	2
A11	Architecture	Colfax (Zen+)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
Apple A10 Fusion	Predecessor	--
Apple A12 Bionic	Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple A11 Bionic is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.39 GHz. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz).
Apple A11 Bionic	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
6	Cores	24
6	Threads	48
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.39 GHz 2x Monsoon	A-Core	3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz)
1.19 GHz 4x Mistral	B-Core	--

NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
Apple A11 Bionic	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Apple Neural Engine	AI hardware	--
2 Neural cores @ 0.6 TOPS	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Apple A11	GPU	no iGPU
1.07 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
8	GPU Generation	--
10 nm	Technology
1	Max. displays
12	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
3 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Apple A11	GPU	no iGPU
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Apple A11 Bionic supports a maximum of 3 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX can connect up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Apple A11 Bionic	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
LPDDR4X-4266	Memory	DDR4-2933
3 GB	Max. Memory
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	93.8 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
8.00 MB	L2 Cache	12.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	64
--	PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A11 Bionic has a TDP of 8 W, that of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX is 250 W.
Apple A11 Bionic	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
8 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	250 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Apple A11 Bionic has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX cache has a total of 76.00 MB.
Apple A11 Bionic	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
10 nm	Technology	12 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
iOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017	Release date	Q3/2018
--	Release price	1299 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Apple A11 Bionic (92%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Apple A11 Bionic (18%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	932 (91%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz	1020 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	2569 (17%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	14740 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	1093 (92%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz	1193 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	1997 (22%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	9243 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	4360 (15%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	29970 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz	431 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	10008 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 @ 1.07 GHz	409 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	295465 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	418 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	75.3 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	12793 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz	173 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	4324 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	0.6 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Apple A11 Bionic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Apple iPhone 8 Apple iPhone 8 Plus Apple iPhone X	Unknown


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CPU comparison with benchmarks

CPU comparison

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

NPU AI performance

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details