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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
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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
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
100 %
6C / 12T · 5.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) |
| CPU group | Apple A16 (2) | AMD Ryzen 9000 (17) |
| Architecture | A16 | Granite Ridge (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) | |
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 7600 |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 5 / 5 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
6x Zen 5 3.80 - 5.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 32.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 512 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 4 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 24 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 88 W | |
| TDP up | 105 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
|---|---|---|
| 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,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | |
| Release date | Q1/2025 | Q3/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.
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