Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD RX-418GD

Comparative analysis of Apple A12Z Bionic and AMD RX-418GD processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12Z Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 vs 21 October 2015
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-418GD

  • Around 128414% higher clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 320x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3200 MHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache 320 KB vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12Z Bionic
CPU 2: AMD RX-418GD

Name Apple A12Z Bionic AMD RX-418GD
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202
PassMark - CPU mark 9365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4536

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12Z Bionic AMD RX-418GD

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Merlin Falcon
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 21 October 2015
OS Support iPadOS 13.4, macOS Big Sur 11.0 Beta 1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1088 1223
Processor Number APL1083
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family AMD R-Series
Price now RX-418GD

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 1800 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 320 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 3200 MHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 4
Transistor count 10 billion
64 bit support
Die size 1073 mm2

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz 800 MHz
Graphics max frequency 8
Number of pipelines 384
Processor graphics Radeon R6 series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt
Package Size micro-BGA
Sockets supported BGA (FP4)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0
UART
USB revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)