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Apple A15 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2021
Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic
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2020-11-05
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

What's the best choice Apple A15 Bionic or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Apple A15 Bionic has a base frequency of 3.23 GHz. 6 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 8.5 W. Released in Q3/2021.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Differences

Apple A15 Bionic Reasons to consider
Apple A15 Bionic
Report a bug
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    8.5 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A15 Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    82 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    374 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    237 place
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    65 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 18% better clock speed

    3.8 GHz left arrow 3.23 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    58 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    70 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    41 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    65 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    74 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    109 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    97 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    32 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    62 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A15 Bionic Apple A15 Bionic
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Apple A15 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Apple A series left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    15 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Apple A14 Bionic left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    2x Avalanche left arrow -
  • B-Core
    4x Blizzard left arrow -
  • Base Frequency
    3.23 GHz left arrow 3.8 GHz
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    6 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.4 GHz
IGPU

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
    5 left arrow -
  • Generation
    12 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    1800 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    3200 MHz left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q3/2021 left arrow -
  • Shader
    0 left arrow -
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and Apple A15 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    8 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-4266 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A15 Bionic and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 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
    - left arrow 90 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    8.5 W left arrow 105 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A15 Bionic and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    A15 left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    - left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    Q3/2021 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Socket
    - left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Vermeer

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Apple A15 Bionic

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

More results: 10

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8091.138585 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 24 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. / MPG B550 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C56)
Duration: 123.592 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A15 Bionic and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1732.000000
Apple A15 Bionic
1632.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

4777.000000
Apple A15 Bionic
11078.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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