Apple A13 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Comparative analysis of Apple A13 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 A13 Bionic

  • 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 12 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2313 vs 1962
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5661 vs 5629
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2313 vs 1962
PassMark - CPU mark 5661 vs 5629

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more threads: 8 vs 6
  • Around 40% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
  • 341.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Launch date 22 Sep 2020 vs 20 Sep 2019
Number of threads 8 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A13 Bionic
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2313
1962
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5661
5629
Name Apple A13 Bionic AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
PassMark - Single thread mark 2313 1962
PassMark - CPU mark 5661 5629

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A13 Bionic AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Essentials

Architecture codename Lightning/Thunder Zen+
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 22 Sep 2020
OS Support iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating 1000 1176
Processor Number APL1W85
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray YM350CC4T4MFG
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.72 GHz 2.1 GHz
L1 cache 192 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 2.65 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6 8
Transistor count 8.5 billion
Compute Cores 12
L3 cache 4 MB
Maximum core temperature 105°C
Number of GPU cores 8
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 8
Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt
Sockets supported FP5

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture