M5 (9C10G-FL) vs Qualcomm Microsoft SQ2
            M5 (9C10G-FL)
            
                
            
        
    
            Qualcomm Microsoft SQ2
            
                
            
        
    | 9 Cores 9 Threads 4.4GHz Clock | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3.15GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPU10-Core M5-FL 4.45 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUAdreno 690 2.09 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 4,135 102% | GB6S N/A 0% | 
| GB6M 15,435 58% | GB6M N/A 0% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerQualcomm | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 15 | ArchitectureKryo 495 | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilySQ Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename - - M5 P-Core AS15P - - E-Core AS15E | Codename - - Microsoft SQ2 P-Core Cortex-A76 - - E-Core Cortex-A55 | 
| Market Segment Tablet | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 10/15/2025 | Release Date 10/1/2020 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node N3P - - - | Node N7 - - - | 
| Die Size Unknown - - - | Die Size Unknown - - - | 
| Transistor Count Unknown - - - | Transistor Count Unknown - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 9 Cores 3 P-Cores - 6 E-Cores | 8 Cores 4 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 
| 9 Threads 3 P-Threads - 6 E-Threads | 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 
| P-Core 4.4GHz - - | P-Core 3.15GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.75GHz - | E-Core 2.42GHz - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L2 - - 16MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - 6MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 512KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 2MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 8MB SLC Cache | - - - 3MB SLC Cache | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 8 | 
| Max Memory 32GB | Max Memory 16GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 16Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 4800MHz Transfer Rate 9600MT/s | Clock 2133MHz Transfer Rate 4266MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 76.8GB/s Bandwidth 153.6GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 8.5GB/s Bandwidth 68.3GB/s | 
| TDP 15W - - - | TDP Unknown - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| 10-Core M5-FL 1280 Shaders 1740MHz 4.45 TFLOPS FP32 | Adreno 690 1536 Shaders 680MHz 2.09 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| - | Hexagon 690 | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 38 TOPS INT8 | 7 TOPS  | 
| - - | ISP Spectra 390 (192 MP single camera /
22 MP at 30fps dual camera with MFNR/ZSL) | 
| No Cellular | Modem Qualcomm X24 4G | 
| Speed Up to 2000Mbps Download Up to 316Mbps Upload | 
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