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Apple A16 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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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 A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
88 %
16C / 32T · 4.90 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
47 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
93 %
16C / 32T · 4.90 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
33 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.20 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 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Monero Hashrate
94 entries
94 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
|
Apple A16 Bionic | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen 9 (43) |
| CPU group | Apple A16 (2) | AMD Ryzen 5000 (17) |
| Architecture | A16 | Vermeer (Zen 3) |
| Technology | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | AM4 (PGA 1331) | |
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X |
| Successor | Apple A17 Pro | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple A16 Bionic | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 16 / 32 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
16x 3.40 - 4.90 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 64.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 4 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 105 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 142 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A16 Bionic | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q4/2020 |
| Release price | 799 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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