iPhone 8

A11 Bionic, September 2017

Scores

Single-core

No data

Multi-core

No data

GPU (Metal)

No data

Keynote claims, measured

“A11 Bionic, the most powerful and smartest chip ever in a smartphone, features a six-core CPU design with two performance cores that are 25 percent faster and four efficiency cores that are 70 percent faster than the A10 Fusion, offering industry-leading performance and energy efficiency.”

Compares CPU single-core with the A10 Fusion in the iPhone 7.

iPhone 8 announcement, September 2017, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 8 announcement, September 2017

Single-core

Claimed +25%

No data

Not measurable with Geekbench. Geekbench does not score the efficiency cores alone.

“A new, second-generation performance controller can harness all six cores simultaneously, delivering up to 70 percent greater performance for multi-threaded workloads, giving customers more power while providing the same great battery life.”

Compares CPU multi-core with the A10 Fusion in the iPhone 7. No baseline named, read as the previous generation.

iPhone 8 announcement, September 2017, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 8 announcement, September 2017

Multi-core

Claimed up to +70%

No data

“A11 Bionic also integrates an Apple-designed GPU with a three-core design that delivers up to 30 percent faster graphics performance than the previous generation.”

Compares GPU (Metal) with the A10 Fusion in the iPhone 7.

iPhone 8 announcement, September 2017, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 8 announcement, September 2017

GPU

Claimed up to +30%

No data

iPhone base single-core, by generation

DeviceSingle-coreChange over the previous generation
iPhone 5c, 2013No dataFirst in this line
iPhone 6, 2014about 350No data
iPhone 6s, 2015No data
iPhone 7, 2016No data
iPhone 8, 2017, this deviceNo data
iPhone XR, 2018No data
iPhone 11, 2019No data
iPhone 12, 2020No data
iPhone 13, 2021No data
iPhone 14, 2022No data
iPhone 15, 2023No data
iPhone 16, 2024No data
iPhone 17, 2025No data

Against other devices

The iPhone 8 has no scores to compare.