Intel Core i5-8250U vs A8X
            Intel Core i5-8250U
            
                $297
            
        
    
            A8X
            
                
            
        
    | 4 Cores 8 Threads 1.6GHz Clock | 3 Cores 3 Threads 1.5GHz Clock | 
| Socket BGA 1356 | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPUUHD 620 1100MHz 420 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPUPowerVR GX6850 A8X 230 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,100
                                            
                                             27% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 445
                                            
                                             11% | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6M 3,400
                                            
                                             13% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 895
                                            
                                             3% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerIntel | ManufacturerApple | 
| ArchitectureSkylake | ArchitectureApple Silicon 3 | 
| FamilyCore 8th Gen | FamilyA Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename Kaby Lake-R - Kaby Lake-R-4C-GT2 - - - - - - | Codename Capri - A8X - Typhoon - - - - | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 8/21/2017 | Release Date 10/22/2014 | 
| Foundry Intel - - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node 14nm+ - - - | Node 20nm - - - | 
| Die Size 123 mm² - - - | Die Size 128 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 2.1 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 3 Billion - - - | 
| BGA 1356 | Unknown | 
| 4 Cores - - - | 3 Cores - - - | 
| 8 Threads - - - | 3 Threads - - - | 
| - 1.6GHz 3.4GHz Boost - | - 1.5GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Type OPI | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Transfer Rate 4GT/s | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Lanes 4 | - - | 
| Bandwidth 2GB/s | - - | 
| Bi-directional 4GB/s | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Data 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 256KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | L2 - - 2MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 6MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | L3 - 4MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 32GB 32GB 16GB | Max Memory 2GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 1067MHz 800MHz 933MHz Transfer Rate 2133MT/s 1600MT/s 1866MT/s | Clock 800MHz Transfer Rate 1600MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 17.1GB/s 12.8GB/s 15.0GB/s Bandwidth 34.1GB/s 25.6GB/s 30.0GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 12.8GB/s Bandwidth 25.6GB/s | 
| TDP 15W 10W cTDP Down 25W cTDP Up - | TDP 8W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| PCIe 3.0 x12 Lanes | No PCIe | 
| UHD 620 1100MHz 192 Shaders 1100MHz 420 GFLOPS FP32 | PowerVR GX6850 A8X 256 Shaders 450MHz 230 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| No NPU - | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| -  | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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