AMD Ryzen 7 7730U vs Apple A14 Bionic

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U and Apple A14 Bionic processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • 455.1x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18622 vs 8547
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 vs 23 Oct 2020
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 6
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 18622 vs 8547

Reasons to consider the Apple A14 Bionic

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • 2x 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 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3393 vs 3066
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 512K (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3393 vs 3066

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
CPU 2: Apple A14 Bionic

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3066
3393
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18622
8547
Name AMD Ryzen 7 7730U Apple A14 Bionic
PassMark - Single thread mark 3066 3393
PassMark - CPU mark 18622 8547

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 7730U Apple A14 Bionic

Essentials

Architecture codename Barcelo-R Firestorm/Icestorm
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 23 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating 565 559
OS Support iOS 14.0, iPadOS 14.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Processor Number APL1W01
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2000 MHz 1.82 GHz
Die size 180 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) 8 MB (shared)
L3 cache 16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 5 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 16 6
Unlocked
Transistor count 11.8 billion

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 MHz, Dual-channel LPDDR4X-4266
Max memory channels 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 6 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 1278 MHz
iGPU core count 4