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Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
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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
50 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
46 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
19 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
52 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
11 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
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
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3) |
| Architecture | A12 | Storm Peak (Zen 4) |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | sTR5 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 32 / 64 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
32x Zen 4 4.00 - 5.30 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 32.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 128.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12Z | no iGPU |
| 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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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 1024 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 48 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 189.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 350 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3 | |
| Release date | Q1/2020 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | 2990 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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