Apple 10-Core M5-FL vs Apple 5-Core A18 Full Specs

Summary

1,280 Shaders 1.58GHz	640 Shaders 1.34GHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.04 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 Tensor BF16 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

10-Core M5-FL32.32 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x18.87

5-Core A181.71 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 32.32 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 1.71 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16 8.08 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 8.08 TFLOPS	-
Tensor BF16 16.16 TFLOPS	-
FP32 4.04 TFLOPS	FP32 1.71 TFLOPS
Tensor INT8 32.32 TOPS	-
Pixel Rate 63.1 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 26.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 126.2 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 53.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,280 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 40 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 10 RT-Cores	RT Cores 5 RT-Cores
EUs 160 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 7.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 60GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 3840x2160
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 2	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Not Supported	DSC Not Supported

Encoder

Encoder Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Passive	Cooling Open-Air

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17G	Codename G17A
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Sep 9, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size -	Die Size 90mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 15.5B
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²

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