Apple A14 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm]. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Apple A14 AMD Ryzen 2000
• Family
  Apple A series AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  14 2
• Predecessor
  Apple A13 Bionic -
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Apple A15 Bionic -

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

• A-Core
  2x Firestorm -
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  6 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.1 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
  4 -
• Generation
  11 -
• GPU Frequency
  1800 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple A14 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  3010 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2020 -
• Shader
  0 -
• Technology
  5 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] and Apple A14 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  6 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A14 Bionic and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] 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)
  7 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A14 Bionic and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm], virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 8 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q2/2020
• Socket
  - AM4
• Technology
  5 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V, SVM