Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

Comparative analysis of Apple A12Z 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 A12Z Bionic

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 4 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 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
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2240 vs 2202
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16075 vs 9365
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2020 vs 25 Mar 2020
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 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2240 vs 2202
PassMark - CPU mark 16075 vs 9365

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12Z Bionic
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
2240
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9365
16075
Name Apple A12Z Bionic AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 2240
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 16075

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12Z Bionic AMD Ryzen Embedded V2718

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Zen 2
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 10 Nov 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 1086 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 16 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4266
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz
Graphics max frequency 8 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