Apple A9X vs AMD Ryzen Embedded R1305G

Comparative analysis of Apple A9X and AMD Ryzen Embedded R1305G 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9X

  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) vs 1 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1305G

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 123794% higher clock speed: 2800 MHz vs 2.26 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • 1536x 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 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1593 vs 1509
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3052 vs 2516
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Feb 2020 vs 7 Sep 2016
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2800 MHz vs 2.26 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
L1 cache 192 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1593 vs 1509
PassMark - CPU mark 3052 vs 2516

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1305G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1509
1593
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2516
3052
Name Apple A9X AMD Ryzen Embedded R1305G
PassMark - Single thread mark 1509 1593
PassMark - CPU mark 2516 3052

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A9X AMD Ryzen Embedded R1305G

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister Zen
Launch date 7 Sep 2016 25 Feb 2020
OS Support iOS 9.1, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1697 1610
Processor Number APL1W24
Family Ryzen Embedded
Series R1000
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 2.16 GHz 1500 MHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 192 KB
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.26 GHz 2800 MHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 3 billion
L3 cache 4 MB

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

Graphics

Execution Units 48 3
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
iGPU core count 12
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series7XT Radeon Vega 3
Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz
Number of pipelines 192

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-up 10 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 8
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x8
Total number of SATA ports 2

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™)