Apple A9 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845

Let's find out which one of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 and Apple A9 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 Apple A9
• Family
  AMD Ryzen 5 Apple A series
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000U Apple A9/A9X
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  4 9
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A8
• Successor
  -- Apple A10 Fusion

In this block we are going to compare AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 vs Apple A9 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Frequency
  3.40 GHz 1.85 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 and Apple A9 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Apple A9
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
  6
• Technology
  16 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 and Apple A9. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 and Apple A9 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200 LPDDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 1
• ECC
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 or Apple A9? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 5 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 \xc2\xb0C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 and Apple A9 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  7 nm 16 nm
• Socket
  AM4 (LGA 1331) N/A
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  32.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) A9
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q3/2015
• Part Number
  100-000000832 --