Apple A9X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Comparative analysis of Apple A9X and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9X

  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) vs 2 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 64% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.26 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • 3072x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1956 vs 1509
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7010 vs 2514
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 April 2019 vs 7 Sep 2016
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.26 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 vs 1509
PassMark - CPU mark 7010 vs 2514

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1509
1956
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2514
7010
Name Apple A9X AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1509 1956
PassMark - CPU mark 2514 7010
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2529

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A9X AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister Zen+
Launch date 7 Sep 2016 8 April 2019
OS Support iOS 9.1, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1697 1706
Processor Number APL1W24 PRO 3500U
Family Ryzen 5
OPN Tray YM350BC4T4MFG
Series 3000
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.16 GHz 2.1 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 12 nm
Maximum frequency 2.26 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 8
Transistor count 3 billion 4940 million
64 bit support
L3 cache 4 MB
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3200 DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 48 8
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz 1200 MHz
iGPU core count 12 8
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series7XT Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Number of pipelines 512

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)