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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
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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 9 5900
83 %
12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
100 %
12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
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Monero Hashrate
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AI performance (NPU)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 9 (43) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 5000 (17) | Apple A16 (2) |
| Architecture | Vermeer (Zen 3) | A16 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | AM4 (PGA 1331) | |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 9 3900 | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
| Successor | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 12 / 24 | 5 / 5 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 12x 3.00 - 4.70 GHz |
2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 6.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 64.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 16 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 4 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | |
| Release date | Q2/2021 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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