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Apple A4 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | AMD Ryzen 5 8500G |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) |
| CPU group | Apple A4 (1) | AMD Ryzen 8000G (14) |
| Architecture | A4 | Phoenix (Zen 4) |
| Technology | 45 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | AMD Ryzen 5 8500G |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 1 / 1 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 1x Cortex-A8 0.80 - 1.00 GHz |
2x Zen 4 4.10 - 5.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Zen 4c 3.20 - 3.70 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 0.51 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | AMD Ryzen 5 8500G |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX535 | AMD Radeon 740M |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 - 2.80 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 2 | 4 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 65nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2007 | Q3/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | AMD Ryzen 5 8500G |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | AMD Ryzen 5 8500G |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 | DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 14 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 27.6 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A4 | AMD Ryzen 5 8500G |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 45 W | |
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | AMD Ryzen 5 8500G |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | |
| Release date | Q2/2010 | Q1/2024 |
| Release price | 179 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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