Earlier, a mysterious iPhone appeared in the GeekBench running library. The page display model was 'iPhone11, 2', and the running score was the biggest highlight. The page shows that the device has a single-core running score of 4673. Points, multi-core score of 10,912 points, compared to the iPhone 8 series, the A11 processor on the iPhone X has a certain degree of improvement, but the magnitude is not comparable to the increase from A10 to A11;
In addition, in the parameters we found that this device is equipped with a 6-core design like the A11, but the highest frequency is increased from 2.39Ghz to 2.49Ghz, which may be the main reason for the score increase. In addition, this device With 4GB of RAM, running iOS 12 system, the test is submitted on June 27.
Obviously, this device is not any iPhone we know, because the A11's highest frequency is only 2.39Ghz. So, this is a new iPhone that has not been released yet, and the tester is testing it. Is the processor A11X or A12?
Xiaolei (WeChat: leitech) believes that this processor should be A11X, not A12. If it is A12, according to Apple's past practice of drying the structure performance, plus the addition of 7 nanometer new technology, the upgrade will definitely be very huge. So this processor should be an overclocked version of A11, which is A11X.
If this is A11X, then why is it used on the iPhone? There is a guess that this device is actually a new iPad, but GeekBench recognizes it wrong and thinks it is an iPhone. If so, then it makes sense.
If this device is really a new iPhone, then it is estimated that it can only be a cheap version of the iPhone with an LCD screen. This cheap version of the iPhone may use this overclocked version of the A11 chip, relying on the use of the previous generation chip to reduce costs , and pull the gap between the positioning and high-end products.