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Apple A8 vs AMD Ryzen Z1
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A8
18 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z1
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A8
8 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z1
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A8
11 %
Apple A8
AMD Ryzen Z1
100 %
AMD Radeon 740M
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A8 | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen Z1 (2) |
| CPU group | Apple A8/A8X (2) | AMD Ryzen 7040 (21) |
| Architecture | A8 | Phoenix (Zen 4) |
| Technology | 20 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | FP8 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A7 | |
| Successor | Apple A9 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A8 | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Typhoon | 6x Zen 4 |
| Frequency: | 1.50 GHz | 3.50 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A8 | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A8 | AMD Radeon 740M |
| GPU frequency | 0.53 GHz | 0.80 - 2.50 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 128 | 4 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q3/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A8 | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A8 | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A8 | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A8 | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q3/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
3
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8
AMD Ryzen Z1
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
9
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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