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Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX
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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
Apple A12Z Bionic
42 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
16C / 32T · 5.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
24 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
16C / 32T · 4.70 GHz
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
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (20) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 (5) |
| Architecture | A12 | Shimada Peak (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | WRX90 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7955WX |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 16 / 32 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
16x Zen 5 4.70 - 5.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 64.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | DDR5-6400 (380.3 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 2048 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 128 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 504.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 350 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q3/2025 |
| Release price | 1649 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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