Intel Atom x5-Z8300 vs Apple M5 (10C8G-FL) Full Specs

Summary

4 Cores 4 Threads 1.44GHz	10 Cores(4P+6E) 10 Threads(4P+6E) 4.46GHz
TDP 2.17W	TDP 15W
Bandwidth 12.8GB/s DDR3L	Bandwidth 153.6GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU HD 500MHz 12EU Gen 8	iGPU 8-Core M5-FL
Peak·FP32·FP16 192 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 6.46 TFLOPSFP16
Socket BGA 592	Socket -

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

Atom x5-Z8300135

x1

M5 (10C8G-FL)4,175

x30.93

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Core Config

4 Cores 4P -	10 Cores 4P 6E
4 Threads 4P -	10 Threads 4P 6E

Clocks

Base Clock 1.44GHz	Base Clock 4.46GHz
Boost Clock 1.84GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P -	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 24KB P -	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 2MB P shared -	L2 1MB P 16MB P shared 6MB E shared
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 8MB

Memory

Type DDR3L	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 2GB	Max Memory 32GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 2
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 1600MT/s	Speed 9600MT/s
Bandwidth 12.8GB/s	Bandwidth 153.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1600MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 12.8GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate9600MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 153.6GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 2.17W	TDP 15W
cTDP-down 2W	cTDP-down -
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 2.0 x1 0.5GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x5 9.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU HD 500MHz 12EU Gen 8	iGPU 8-Core M5-FL
Shaders 96	Shaders 1024
Boost Clock 500MHz	Boost Clock 1.58GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 192 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 6.46 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H17 Theia
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 2.45GHz
Performance -	Performance 38 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Intel	Manufacturer Apple
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Airmont	Architecture Apple Silicon 15ARMv9.2-A
Family Atom	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cherry Trail-T CherryviewDie - - -	Codename Hidra - M5Variant AS15PP-Core AS15EE-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Mar 1, 2015	Release Date Mar 3, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry Intel	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 14nm	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 87mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 1.3 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 15 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

Laptops -

Laptops MacBook Air 13(M5, Early 2026)

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