Apple A9 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A9/A9X AMD Ryzen 3000
• Family
  Apple A series Ryzen
• Generation
  9 3
• Predecessor
  Apple A8 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Apple A10 Fusion -
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 3000 Series

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

• A-Core
  2x Twister -
• Base Frequency
  1.85 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• CPU Threads
  2 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

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

• Execution units
  6 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple A9 None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  1 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  16 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Apple A9. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  2 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 4.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0 x16
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A9 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  5 W 65 W
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A9 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A9 Matisse (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 32 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 2019-07-07
• Socket
  - AM4
• Technology
  16 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Matisse
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000031BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - 100-100000031MPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000031
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth