10-Core M5-FL vs 4-Core A12

10-Core M5-FL
4-Core A12
1280 Shaders
Shared Memory
1740MHz
256 Shaders
Shared Memory
1125MHz
Peak AI Performance
8.91 TFLOPS
FP8 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
Peak AI Performance
580 GFLOPS
FP16
FP32
4.45 TFLOPS
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580 GFLOPS
FP16
8.91 TFLOPS
FP16
580 GFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
iGPU
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TDP
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 Metal 74,570
30%
GB6 Metal 9,875
4%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Peak AI Performance
8.91 TFLOPS
FP8 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
Peak AI Performance
580 GFLOPS
FP16
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8.91 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
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8.91 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
8.91 TFLOPS
4.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
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4.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
580 GFLOPS
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FP32
4.45 TFLOPS
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FP32
580 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
69.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
9 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
139.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
18 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Apple
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
Apple
Architecture
Apple Gen 8
Architecture
Apple Gen 2
Family
M Series
Family
A Series
Codename
G17G
M5
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Codename
G11P
A12 Bionic
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Tablet
Release Date
10/15/2025
Release Date
9/12/2018
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Form
iGPU
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iGPU
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
256 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
40 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
Tensor Cores
10 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
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Execution Units
160 EUs
Execution Units
32 EUs
Graphics Processing Clusters
10 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1740MHz
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1125MHz
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L1
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L1
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L2
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L2
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Shared Memory
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Shared Memory
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TDP
Shared
TDP
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
3840x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
1
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
No Encoders
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Codec
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HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes Raw
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
No Decoders
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes Raw
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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Change Comparison