Apple A8 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U

Last updated: 2023-08-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A8		AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
CPU comparison Apple A8 or AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U was released in Q2/2022.

Apple A series (22)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (86)
Apple A8/A8X (2)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U (9)
8	Generation	5
A8	Architecture	Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Apple A7	Predecessor	--
Apple A9	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple A8 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (4.40 GHz).
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
2	Cores	6
2	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.50 GHz	Frequency	2.90 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.40 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Apple A8	GPU	AMD Radeon 660M
0.53 GHz	GPU frequency	1.40 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.90 GHz
5	GPU Generation	9
20 nm	Technology	6 nm
1	Max. displays	3
16	Compute units	6
128	Shader	384
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	No
4 GB	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Apple A8	GPU	AMD Radeon 660M
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Apple A8 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
LPDDR3-1600	Memory	LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800
1 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	3.00 MB
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	23.6 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A8 has a TDP of 5 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U is 15 W.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
5 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	28 W
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Apple A8 has a 5.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U cache has a total of 19.00 MB.
Apple A8	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
20 nm	Technology	6 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	FP7
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
iOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2014	Release date	Q2/2022
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Apple A8 (22%)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Apple A8 (9%)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	324 (22%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1465 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	607 (10%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	6385 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	412 (22%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1879 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	588 (8%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	7423 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple A8 Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz	136 (9%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U AMD Radeon 660M @ 1.90 GHz	1459 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	1532 (9%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	16692 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1468 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	8977 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	575 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	3734 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	225 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	1546 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Apple A8	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
Apple iPhone 6 Apple iPhone 6 Plus Apple iPad Mini 4 Apple TV HD Apple HomePod Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)	Unknown

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