AMD Sempron 3850 vs Apple A15 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Sempron 2000/3000 Apple A15
• Family
  AMD Sempron Apple A series
• Generation
  1 15
• Predecessor
  - Apple A14 Bionic
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 2x Avalanche
• B-Core
  - 4x Blizzard
• Base Frequency
  1.3 GHz 3.23 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  2 5
• Generation
  5 12
• GPU Frequency
  450 MHz 1800 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8280 Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 3200 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2021
• Shader
  128 0
• Technology
  28 nm 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A15 Bionic and AMD Sempron 3850. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 8 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM LPDDR4X-4266

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Sempron 3850 and Apple A15 Bionic Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  25 W 8.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Sempron 3850 and Apple A15 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) A15
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX -
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB -
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2021
• Socket
  AM1 -
• Technology
  28 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None