AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Apple A12 Bionic

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Apple A12 Bionic processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Apple A12 Bionic

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
341.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Launch date	8 Apr 2019 vs 21 Sep 2018
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core) vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Reasons to consider the Apple A12 Bionic

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1989 vs 1931
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4988 vs 4080

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	8 MB (shared) vs 512K (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1989 vs 1931
PassMark - CPU mark	4988 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Apple A12 Bionic

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

1989

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

4988

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Apple A12 Bionic
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	1989
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	4988

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Apple A12 Bionic
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Vortex/Tempest
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	21 Sep 2018
Place in performance rating	1322	1268
OS Support		iOS 12.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 14.5, tvOS 16.2
Processor Number		APL1W81
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.59 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	8 MB (shared)
L3 cache	4MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	2.49 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	4	6
Unlocked
Transistor count		6.9 billion
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel	LPDDR4X-4266
Max memory channels		1
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		4 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt
Graphics
Execution Units		16
Graphics base frequency		1125 MHz
iGPU core count		4