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Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600
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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
Apple A12Z Bionic
48 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.20 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
26 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
43 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
34 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A12Z Bionic
100 %
Apple A12Z
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
49 %
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
More benchmarks
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | AMD Ryzen 9000 (17) |
| Architecture | A12 | Granite Ridge (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | AMD Ryzen 5 7600 |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
6x Zen 5 3.80 - 5.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
|
Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12Z | AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | 0.40 - 2.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 512 | 2 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2020 | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
|
Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 24 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 88 W | |
| TDP up | 105 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | |
| Release date | Q1/2020 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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