Apple A12X Bionic vs AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

Comparative analysis of Apple A12X Bionic and AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12X Bionic

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2653 vs 2240
Specifications (specs)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2653 vs 2240

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 67% higher clock speed: 4.15 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 512x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 10.7x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16075 vs 11044
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2020 vs 7 Nov 2018
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.15 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 16075 vs 11044

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12X Bionic
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2653
2240
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11044
16075
Name Apple A12X Bionic AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718
PassMark - Single thread mark 2653 2240
PassMark - CPU mark 11044 16075

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12X Bionic AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Zen 2
Launch date 7 Nov 2018 10 Nov 2020
OS Support iOS 12.1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 843 969
Processor Number APL1083
Vertical segment Mobile
OPN Tray 100-000000242

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 1.7 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 4.15 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 16
Transistor count 10 billion
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum core temperature 105 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s 63.58 GB/s
Maximum memory size 6 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4266
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 28
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz
Graphics max frequency 7 1600 MHz
iGPU core count 7
Number of pipelines 448
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 7

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 10-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP6

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2160
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 3.0