Apple 12-Core M6 vs Apple 5-Core A19 Full Specs

Summary

1,536 Shaders 1.62GHz	640 Shaders 1.47GHz
Shared Memory170.7GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory68.3GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.98 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 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

12-Core M639.81 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x2.64

5-Core A1915.05 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1470MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 39.81 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 15.05 TOPSINT8 Tensor
Tensor FP16-16 9.95 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 9.95 TFLOPS	Tensor FP16-16 3.76 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 3.76 TFLOPS
Tensor BF16 19.91 TFLOPS	Tensor BF16 7.53 TFLOPS
FP32 4.98 TFLOPS	FP32 1.88 TFLOPS
Tensor INT8 39.81 TOPS	Tensor INT8 15.05 TOPS
Pixel Rate 77.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 29.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 155.5 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 58.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,536 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 96 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 48 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
Tensor Cores 12 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 5 T-Cores
RT Cores 12 RT-Cores	RT Cores 5 RT-Cores
EUs 192 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Boost Clock 1.47GHz

Cache

L2 Cache -

L2 Cache 1MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 10.7GT/s	Memory Speed 8.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 170.7GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 68.3GB/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 3	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC 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 Blower 1x Fan	Cooling Open-Air -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 9	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G18G	Codename G18A
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Aug 25, 2026	Release Date Sep 9, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N2	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size -	Die Size 83mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 14.3B
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²

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