Hoping for the A11X processor to be the following

[McDaveH]

I meant copies of Windows, not Windows laptops.

I think your post was quite succinct; you meant x86 emulation on ARM which has been demonstrated. It’s not a performance solution (that software would need to be re-written for ARM) but would cover the requirement for legacy business apps, though even many of those are handled via RDP. The compatibility categories I see are:-

1) 1st party apps: Re-write (highly likely).
2) High-Performance 3rd party MacOS apps: Re-write (probable).
3) Standard MacOS/Windows apps: Emulation (probable).
4) High-Performance Windows apps: Re-write (highly unlikely).

I suspect the proportion of Mac users in category 4 is quite minimal.

 

[Atomic1977]

Who cares about a11x? Might as well wait for a15x lol.

 

[concept32]

Present A11 scores

Single Core 4500ish

Multi core 10k

Predicted for A11X

Single core 6000

Multi core 15000

I agree with this for the most part. I looked at past Geekbench scores since the A5 and think we will see something like the below ranges in the A11X (I 'hope' Apple exceeds these numbers):

Single Core: 4492 - 5465
Multi Core: 10855 - 13591

One thing to note is that the increase from A9X to the A10X was around 32% for SC and 83% for MC! If that trend continues, we would see some numbers similar to the following (solely based on A10X scores).

Single Core: ~5147
Multi Core: ~16991

 

[Steve Expat]

It’s interesting that Apple’s SoCs are becoming some of their best assets. This is how a company that builds their own hardware and semi-proprietary software keeps their products ahead of the pack. At this stage every other brand is reliant on one or two brands to stay competitive.

It would be interesting if Apple eventually built a MacBook/iPad Pro hybrid to compete with the Surface. Once they combine the App stores that would be a good time to release such a device.

Basically when the keyboard is attached it’s a macOS device. When the keyboard is removed it becomes an iOS device.

 

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[rui no onna]

I agree with this for the most part. I looked at past Geekbench scores since the A5 and think we will see something like the below ranges in the A11X (I 'hope' Apple exceeds these numbers):

Single Core: 4492 - 5465
Multi Core: 10855 - 13591

One thing to note is that the increase from A9X to the A10X was around 32% for SC and 83% for MC! If that trend continues, we would see some numbers similar to the following (solely based on A10X scores).

Single Core: ~5147
Multi Core: ~16991

The reason for the multi-core increase is because of additional cores. While welcome, not all apps can actually utilize the extra cores. However, multitasking certainly benefits, something one is more likely to do on an iPad than iPhone.

If one wants to estimate A11X performance, the comparison to consider is A10 vs A11, not A9X vs A10X. Too bad AnandTech hasn't reviewed Apple products in a while. That said, given the heterogeneous cores on A11, performance of A11X would certainly be interesting to see.