Apple A18 Pro (Neo) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz	14 Cores(4P+8M+2E) 18 Threads(8P+8M+2E) 1.7GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 28W
Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 119.5GB/s LPDDR5X·DDR5
iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro	iGPU Arc 8C 2200MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 9.01 TFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket BGA 2049

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A18 Pro (Neo)3,409

x1.48

Core Ultra 5 135H2,300

x1

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P - 4E	14 Cores 4P 8M 2E
6 Threads 2P - 4E	18 Threads 8P 8M 2E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.04GHz	Base Clock 1.7GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 4.6GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P - 128KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 64KB E
L1d 128KB P - 64KB E	L1d 48KB P 32KB M 32KB E
L2 16MB P shared - 4MB E shared	L2 2MB P - 2MB M shared 2MB E shared
L3 -	L3 18MB
SLC Cache 24MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR5X·DDR5
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory 96GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 2
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 7466MT/s
Bandwidth 60GB/s	Bandwidth 119.5GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s UC·Spec·OC 60GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7466MT/s UC·Spec·OC 119.5GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 28W
cTDP-down -	cTDP-down 20W
cTDP-up -	cTDP-up 65W
Peak Power 12W	Peak Power 115W
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 110°C Max

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x8 31.5GB/sBandwidth
-	PCIe Secondary PCIe 4.0 x20 39.4GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro	iGPU Arc 8C 2200MHz
Shaders 640	Shaders 1024
Boost Clock 1.47GHz	Boost Clock 2.2GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 9.01 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H17 Theia	NPU Model AI Boost 3
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 2
NPU Clock 2.17GHz	NPU Clock 1.4GHz
Performance 35 TOPSINT8	Performance 11.5 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Meteor Lake
Family A Series	Family Core Ultra Series 1
Branding	Branding
Codename Tahiti A18 ProVariant AS14PP-Core - AS14EE-Core	Codename Meteor Lake-H Meteor Lake-P-6PVariant Redwood CoveP-Core CrestmontM-Core CrestmontE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Mar 4, 2026	Release Date Dec 14, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Other Foundries -	Other Foundries TSMCiGPU TSMCIO TSMCSoC
Fabrication Node N3E - - -	Fabrication Node Intel 4 N5iGPU N6IO N6SoC
Die Size 110mm² - - -	Die Size 68mm² 44mm²iGPU 28mm²IO 100mm²SoC
Transistor Count 18.4B	Transistor Count 10B
Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 147 MTr/mm²

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