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Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 49 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 21 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
991 pts
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C / 24T · 5.60 GHz
2,034 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,539 pts
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C / 24T · 5.40 GHz
29,654 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,351
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C / 24T · 5.60 GHz
2,920
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,798
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C / 24T · 5.40 GHz
18,875
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,124
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C / 24T · 5.60 GHz
2,226
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,718
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C / 24T · 5.40 GHz
21,765
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z
1,152
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
563

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
FamilyApple A series (27)AMD Ryzen 9 (43)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)AMD Ryzen 7000 (18)
ArchitectureA12Raphael (Zen 4)
Technology7 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)
PredecessorApple A10X FusionAMD Ryzen 9 5900X
SuccessorAMD Ryzen 9 9900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 812 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Vortex
2.49 GHz
12x
4.70 - 5.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB12.00 MB
L3-Cache64.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
GPU nameApple A12ZAMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency1.13 GHz0.40 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 5122 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory6 GB8 GB
Technology7 nm5 nm
Release dateQ1/2020Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
TDP15 W170 W
TDP (PL2)230 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.95 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ1/2020Q4/2022
Release price549 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C / 24T · 4.70 - 5.60 GHz

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