Apple A13 Bionic vs AMD PRO A8-9600

Comparative analysis of Apple A13 Bionic and AMD PRO A8-9600 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple A13 Bionic

AMD PRO A8-9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A13 Bionic

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 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
10.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2338 vs 1509
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5737 vs 3333

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2338 vs 1509
PassMark - CPU mark	5737 vs 3333

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A8-9600

Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.65 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.65 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A13 Bionic
CPU 2: AMD PRO A8-9600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2338

1509

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5737

3333

Name	Apple A13 Bionic	AMD PRO A8-9600
PassMark - Single thread mark	2338	1509
PassMark - CPU mark	5737	3333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		269.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		84.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4551

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A13 Bionic	AMD PRO A8-9600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lightning/Thunder
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	3 October 2016
OS Support	iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1082	999
Processor Number	APL1W85
Vertical segment	Mobile	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD960BAGM44AB
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Desktops
Performance
Base frequency	1.72 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	2.65 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	6
Transistor count	8.5 billion
Maximum core temperature		90°C
Number of GPU cores		6
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	1230 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Sockets supported		AM4
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0