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Apple A18 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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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 A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
57 %
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
95 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 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
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
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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) |
| CPU group | Apple A18 (2) | AMD Ryzen 5000G (17) |
| Architecture | Donan | Cezanne (Zen 3) |
| Technology | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | AM4 (PGA 1331) | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A19 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
6x 3.60 - 4.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
|
Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) | DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 24 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 23.6 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 45 W | |
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | 159 $ | |
| 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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