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Apple A16 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Rank 2 - 92 %
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 80 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
2,531
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
2,402
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
6,299
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz
7,841
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
1,890
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
1,700
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
5,465
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz
6,915
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
1,789
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD Radeon 740M
1,280

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicAMD Ryzen 5 7540U
FamilyApple A series (27)AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU groupApple A16 (2)AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
ArchitectureA16Phoenix (Zen 4)
Technology4 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketFP8
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
SuccessorApple A17 ProAMD Ryzen 5 8540U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicAMD Ryzen 5 7540U
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 66 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Everest
3.46 GHz
6x Zen 4
3.20 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB6.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB16.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicAMD Ryzen 5 7540U
GPU nameApple A16 (5 GPU Cores)AMD Radeon 740M
GPU frequency0.40 - 1.34 GHz0.80 - 2.50 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 6404 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays34
Max. GPU Memory6 GB32 GB
Technology4 nm4 nm
Release dateQ3/2022Q3/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicAMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicAMD Ryzen 5 7540U
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB256 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicAMD Ryzen 5 7540U
TDP10 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicAMD Ryzen 5 7540U
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8.6-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ3/2022Q3/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 4.90 GHz

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