Apple 16-Core M2 Pro vs Apple 5-Core A18 Full Specs

Summary

2,048 Shaders 1.4GHz	640 Shaders 1.34GHz
Shared Memory204.8GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 5.73 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Memory Bandwidth

16-Core M2 Pro5.73 TFLOPSFP16

x3.34

5-Core A181.71 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 5.73 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 1.71 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 5.73 TFLOPS	FP32 1.71 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 89.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 26.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 178.9 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 53.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 2,048 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 128 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 64 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
RT Cores -	RT Cores 5 RT-Cores
EUs 256 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.4GHz

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 4MB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 256-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 7.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 204.8GB/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 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 2	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Supported	DSC Not Supported

Encoder

Encoder Apple Media Engine 2	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 2	Decoder Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Blower 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G14S	Codename G17A
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Sep 9, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 295mm²	Die Size 90mm²
Transistor Count 40B	Transistor Count 15.5B
Transistor Density 136 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²

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