Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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CPU comparisonApple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.23 GHz. Up to 6 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) was released in Q3/2021. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X was released in Q4/2020. |
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| Apple A series (22) | Family | AMD Ryzen 9 (40) |
| Apple A15 (2) | CPU group | AMD Ryzen 5000 (14) |
| 15 | Generation | 4 |
| A15 | Architecture | Vermeer (Zen 3) |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
| -- | Successor | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.23 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.80 GHz). |
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| Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | Yes |
| 3.23 GHz 2x Avalanche |
A-Core | 3.70 GHz (4.80 GHz) |
| 2.02 GHz 4x Blizzard |
B-Core | -- |
NPU AI performanceThe performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. |
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| Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
| Apple Neural Engine | AI hardware | -- |
| 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | AI specifications | -- |
| -- | NPU + CPU + iGPU | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs. |
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| Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores) | GPU | no iGPU |
| 1.34 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| 12 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 5 nm | Technology | |
| 3 | Max. displays | |
| 16 | Compute units | -- |
| 512 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 6 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| -- | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos. |
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| Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores) | GPU | no iGPU |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) supports a maximum of 6 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
| LPDDR4X-4266 | Memory | DDR4-3200 |
| 6 GB | Max. Memory | 128 GB |
| 1 (Single Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 34.1 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| 16.00 MB | L2 Cache | 6.00 MB |
| 32.00 MB | L3 Cache | 64.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 4.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 20 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) has a TDP of 7.25 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is 105 W. |
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| Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
| 7.25 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 105 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | 142 W |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 90 °C |
Technical detailsThe Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) has a 48.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X cache has a total of 70.00 MB. |
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| Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
| 5 nm | Technology | 7 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| -- | Socket | AM4 (PGA 1331) |
| None | Virtualization | AMD-V, SVM |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| iOS | Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Q3/2021 | Release date | Q4/2020 |
| -- | Release price | 549 $ |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores) @ 1.34 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
@ 0.00 GHz |
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AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.
In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
21,878 CB R23 MC @ 131 W |
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AI performance (NPU)
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.
Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
| Apple iPhone 13 mini Apple iPhone 13 |
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