Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Comparative analysis of Apple A12Z Bionic and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12Z Bionic

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2202 vs 1984
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9365 vs 5682
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 vs 1984
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 vs 5682

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 384x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Launch date 22 Sep 2020 vs 25 Mar 2020
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12Z Bionic
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
1984
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9365
5682
Name Apple A12Z Bionic AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 1984
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 5682

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12Z Bionic AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Zen+
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 22 Sep 2020
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 1252
Processor Number APL1083
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray YM350CC4T4MFG
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 2.1 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Transistor count 10 billion
Compute Cores 12
L3 cache 4 MB
Maximum core temperature 105°C
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz
Graphics max frequency 8 1200 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Sockets supported FP5

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture