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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Apple A16 Bionic

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 58 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 93 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
1,437
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
2,531
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
5,237
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
6,299
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
1,134
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
1,890
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
5,622
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
5,465
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
1,612
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
1,789

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 5 5500UApple A16 Bionic
FamilyAMD Ryzen 5 (100)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen 5000U (Lucienne) (3)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureLucienne (Zen 2)A16
Technology7 nm4 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
SocketFP6
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
SuccessorAMD Ryzen 5 5625UApple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 5 5500UApple A16 Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 126 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x
2.10 - 4.00 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 5 5500UApple A16 Bionic
GPU nameAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.40 - 1.80 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader7 / 44820 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB6 GB
Technology7 nm4 nm
Release dateQ1/2020Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 5 5500UApple A16 Bionic
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 5 5500UApple A16 Bionic
MemoryLPDDR4-4266 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB6 GB
Memory channels21
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 5 5500UApple A16 Bionic
TDP15 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up25 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.105 °C

Technical details

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 5 5500UApple A16 Bionic
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ1/2021Q3/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C / 12T · 2.10 - 4.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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