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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | Apple A9X | AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 | |
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Memory |
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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 |
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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 |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Number of displays supported | 4 | |
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Compatibility |
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Configurable TDP | 12-25 Watt | |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Sockets supported | FP5 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 12 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
PCIe configurations | 1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD SenseMI | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |