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Apple A12 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 40 %
Apple A12 Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 8 %
Apple A12 Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
1,286
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
32C / 64T · 5.40 GHz
3,231
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
2,353
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
32C / 64T · 4.00 GHz
30,980

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
FamilyApple A series (27)AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (20)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 (5)
ArchitectureA12Shimada Peak (Zen 5)
Technology7 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketWRX90
PredecessorApple A11 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX
SuccessorApple A13 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A12 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 632 / 64
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Vortex
2.49 GHz
32x Zen 5
4.00 - 5.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB32.00 MB
L3-Cache128.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A12 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
GPU nameApple A12no iGPU
GPU frequency1.13 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 256 /
Raytracing
Max. displays1
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm
Release dateQ3/2018

NPU AI performance

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Apple A12 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A12 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR5-6400 (380.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB2048 GB
Memory channels18
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 128
PCIe Bandwidth504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A12 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
TDP6 W350 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.95 °C

Technical details

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Apple A12 BionicAMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3
Release dateQ3/2018Q3/2025
Release price4099 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
32C / 64T · 4.00 - 5.40 GHz

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