Apple A7 vs Intel Core i5-8250U Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 2 Threads 1.3GHz	4 Cores 8 Threads 1.6GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 15W
Bandwidth 12.8GB/s LPDDR3	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s DDR4·LPDDR3·DDR3L
iGPU PowerVR G6430 A7	iGPU UHD 620 1100MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 192 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 422.4 GFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket BGA 1356

Core Config

2 Cores	4 Cores
2 Threads	8 Threads

Clocks

Base Clock 1.3GHz	Base Clock 1.6GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 3.4GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 64KB	L1i 32KB
L1d 64KB	L1d 32KB
L2 1MB shared	L2 256KB
L3 4MB	L3 6MB

Memory

Type LPDDR3	Type DDR4·LPDDR3·DDR3L
Max Memory 1GB	Max Memory 32GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 2
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 1600MT/s	Speed 2133MT/s
Bandwidth 12.8GB/s	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1600MT/s UC·Spec·OC 12.8GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate2133MT/s UC·Spec·OC 34.1GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 15W
cTDP-down -	cTDP-down 10W
cTDP-up -	cTDP-up 25W
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type OPI
Bus Config -	Bus Config 4 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 4GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 2GB/s

Expansion

-	PCIe PCIe 3.0 x12 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU PowerVR G6430 A7	iGPU UHD 620 1100MHz
Shaders 128	Shaders 192
Boost Clock 375MHz	Boost Clock 1.1GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 192 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 422.4 GFLOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 2ARMv8.0-A	Architecture Skylake
Family A Series	Family Core 8th Gen
Branding	Branding
Codename Alcatraz A7Variant CycloneP-Core	Codename Kaby Lake-R Kaby Lake-R-4C-GT2Variant -
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Sep 20, 2013	Release Date Aug 21, 2017

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry Intel
Fabrication Node 28nm	Fabrication Node 14nm+
Die Size 102mm²	Die Size 123mm²
Transistor Count 1 Billion	Transistor Count 2.1 Billion
Transistor Density 10 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 17 MTr/mm²

Images

Used In

Laptops -	Laptops Surface Laptop 2 13(Late 2018)Notebook 5 15(Early 2018)Notebook 7 Spin(Early 2018) Show 2 more
Smartphones iPhone 5S	Smartphones -
Tablets iPad mini 2(A7, Late 2013)iPad mini 3(A7, Late 2014)	Tablets Surface Pro 6(Intel 8th Gen, Late 2018)

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