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Apple A18 Pro vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX
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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 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
64C / 128T · 5.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A18 Pro
26 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (20) |
| CPU group | Apple A18 (2) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 (5) |
| Architecture | Donan | Shimada Peak (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | WRX90 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A17 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX |
| Successor | Apple A19 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A18 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 64 / 128 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
64x Zen 5 3.20 - 5.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 64.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 256.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A18 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 768 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A18 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A18 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX |
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| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) | DDR5-6400 (380.3 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 2048 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 8 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 128 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 504.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A18 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | 350 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Apple A18 Pro | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3 | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q3/2025 |
| Release price | 7999 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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