🍎 Why the iPhone X is twice as fast as any Android smartphone

Why the iPhone X is twice as fast as any Android smartphone

It is unlikely that until the end of 2017, at least one device will appear on the market that will bypass the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X in terms of speed.
We decided to figure out how this way Apple can do such a productive processor, although it has no power for it.
A11 - the most productive chip in the mobile market

The A11 processor is built on two large production cores and four small energy-efficient cores. Its main difference from A10 is the availability of a special chip for working with neural networks.
This processor is installed in the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, the three fastest smartphones to date. Its performance is almost twice as high as its flagship competitors.
The fastest in the multi-core Geekbench 4 test:
Apple iPhone 8 Plus - 10,472
Apple iPhone 8 - 10.170
Apple iPhone X - 10,051
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 - 6,564
One Plus 5 - 6,542
Samsung Galaxy S8 - 6,295
Each A11 processor is manufactured using a 10-nanometer process technology, which guarantees not only the maximum speed of operation, but also the ultimate energy efficiency.
For the production of A11 chips, Taiwanese company TSMC, which works under contract, is responsible. And Apple does not have the necessary capacities for mass production of processors.
iPhone X turned out to be more powerful than even some MacBook Pro

iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, as well as the iPhone X - the first mobile devices that have overcome the mark of 10 thousand points in the multicore test Geekbench 4.
And to make these figures even more grandiose, we note that the 13-inch MacBook Pro 2017 with a dual-core Intel Core i5 processor Kaby Lake is gaining about 9 thousand points.
Theoretically, A11 is faster than Intel Core i5 Kaby Lake by 10%
Of course, in practice, a mobile processor that is installed in smartphones, is unlikely to be able to skip a full-fledged, because they initially have absolutely different tasks.
A11 is sharpened not only for speed, but also for energy efficiency. And Intel's decision is the opposite - primarily for performance. But the test results are still indicative.
Why not one of the competitors can not catch up with Apple

Since the Taiwanese company TSMC is a contract manufacturer, it does not directly develop processors for Apple. She is responsible only for mass production.
It turns out that Apple actually brings to its partner something like ready-made "clichés", on the basis of which he includes his machines. There is simply no time to merge technology.
The first is contract manufacturing and no time to copy competitors
A similar situation was with Samsung, which produced processors for Apple smartphones a year ago. It turned out for a competitor she made chips better than for herself.
Of course, in addition to being able to quickly copy technology for yourself or for sale, the work of engineers who receive money in Apple is not in vain.
The second - the engineers of Apple fellows, make processors for five with a big plus
But the work of engineers would not make any sense without software, so I want to shake hands with developers who work at Apple.
The network already has thoughts today that Apple has turned the software into a hardware one. Its devices work quickly thanks to not only the hardware, but also the software.
Third - Apple devices are still the best in tandem hardware and software
Yes, iOS 11 does not work so well, and even with Jobs this was not exactly. But otherwise the joint production of software and hardware clearly make itself felt.
And it's very important that Apple develops the processors themselves, and does not buy them from the giants of the market like Qualcomm. Competitors are trying to do something different, but they can not leave Snapdragon.
Fourth - competitors do not make processors at all, that's why they are inferior to Apple
Why do most competitors not release the processors themselves or go according to the contractual way of Apple's production? There's nothing strange about it.
And in this case we return to the notorious fragmentation of Android-devices. There are too many of them, and if almost every flagship had not Snapdragon 835, it would be quite tight.
iPad Pro 2018 will be monsters of performance

The network has already begun to appear the first data on the processors that Apple will use in the iPad Pro in 2018. And this is a plague, comrades. It seems that the company suffered on the cores.
Most likely, in the iPad Pro of new generations, the A11x Bionic processor will be installed. He will get as many as eight cores instead of six. And another 7 nm process technology and "water cooling".
The main question of 2018 is how to calm down the power of the new iPad Pro
Sources close to TSMC, which will remain responsible for the mass production of processors under the contract scheme, specify that the three cores will be high-speed, and five will be economical.
Most likely, along with ultra-high-speed chips, the iPad Pro 20