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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Apple A12Z Bionic
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
72 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
19 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
80 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
41 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
80 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
33 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 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 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 9 (43) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 3000 (15) | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) |
| Architecture | Matisse (Zen 2) | A12 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | AM4 (PGA 1331) | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 32 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 16x 3.50 - 4.70 GHz |
4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 64.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A12Z |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 32 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 105 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 142 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q3/2019 | Q1/2020 |
| Release price | 749 $ | |
| Documents |
User Reviews
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