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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Apple A9
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
Apple A9
51 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
Apple A9
17 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
Apple A9
57 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
Apple A9
19 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Monero Hashrate
94 entries
94 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 2000 (9) | Apple A9/A9X (2) |
| Architecture | Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) | A9 |
| Technology | 12 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | AM4 (PGA 1331) | |
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 6x | 2x Twister |
| Frequency: | 3.40 GHz | 1.85 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.70 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A9 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | |
| Technology | 16 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 19.7 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | |
| Release date | Q2/2018 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | 195 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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