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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
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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 9 9950X3D2
100 %
16C / 32T · 5.60 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
5C / 5T · 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
100 %
16C / 32T · 5.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
39 %
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
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
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen 9 (43) |
| 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) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 5 / 5 | 16 / 32 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
16x Zen 5 4.30 - 5.60 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 192.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores) | AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | 0.40 - 2.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 512 | 2 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2025 | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 9 9950X3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 192 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 9 9950X3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 200 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 270 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q2/2026 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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