AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS vs Apple A8

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AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A8
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Apple A8

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS or Apple A8 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS was released in Q1/2022.

The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014.
AMD Ryzen 5 (86) Family Apple A series (22)
AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20) CPU group Apple A8/A8X (2)
5 Generation 8
Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Architecture A8
Mobile Segment Mobile
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS Predecessor Apple A7
-- Successor Apple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS is 3.30 GHz (4.50 GHz) while the Apple A8 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A8 is at 1.50 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Characteristic Apple A8
6 Cores 2
12 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
4.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Characteristic Apple A8
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS or Apple A8 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon 660M GPU Apple A8
1.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.53 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation 5
6 nm Technology 20 nm
3 Max. displays 1
6 Compute units 16
384 Shader 128
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 660M GPU Apple A8
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The Apple A8 supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Characteristic Apple A8
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR3-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 1 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
76.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
3.00 MB L2 Cache 1.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS is 35 W, while the Apple A8 has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Characteristic Apple A8
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS is manufactured in 6 nm and has 19.00 MB cache. The Apple A8 is manufactured in 20 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Characteristic Apple A8
6 nm Technology 20 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions --
FP7 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems iOS
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS (100%)
Apple A8 (22%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS (100%)
Apple A8 (8%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1472 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
324 (22%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
8054 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
607 (8%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1886 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
412 (22%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
8063 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
588 (7%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS
AMD Radeon 660M @ 1.90 GHz
1459 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz
136 (9%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
19102 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
1532 (8%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Apple A8
Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14 (7. Gen)
Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16 (7. Gen)
Apple iPhone 6
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
Apple iPad Mini 4
Apple TV HD
Apple HomePod
Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)

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