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Apple A16 Bionic vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2022
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
Released
Q4/2020
Overall score
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

What's the best choice Apple A16 Bionic or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X? Which processor is faster?

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

Apple A16 Bionic has a maximum frequency of 3.46 GHz. 6 / 6 Cores. Power consumption of 8.5 W. Released in Q3/2022.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2020.

Differences

Apple A16 Bionic Reasons to consider
Apple A16 Bionic
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    162 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    8.5 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A16 Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    62 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    495 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    107 place
  • AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
    5 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    49 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    153 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.46 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    86 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    160 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    68 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    140 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    35 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    149 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    192 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    301 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    43 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    193 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    132 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Apple A series left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • CPU group
    Apple A16 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    16 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
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.

  • GPU name
    Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.70 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    160 left arrow
  • Shader
    1280 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    13 left arrow
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q3/2022 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Apple A16 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR5-6400 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    6 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    1 (Single Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A16 Bionic and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    8.5 W left arrow 65 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A16 Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow AM4
  • L2-Cache
    20.00 MB left arrow 3.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    24.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • Architecture
    A16 left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • Release date
    Q3/2022 left arrow Q4/2020
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow 100-000000065

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A16 Bionic and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
1890
Apple A16 Bionic
1572
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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
5465
Apple A16 Bionic
8420
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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