Apple 4-Core A18 vs Apple 8-Core M5-FL Full Specs

Summary

512 Shaders 1.34GHz	1,024 Shaders 1.58GHz
Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.23 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

4-Core A181.37 TFLOPSFP16

x1

8-Core M5-FL25.85 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x18.87

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 25.85 TOPSINT8 Tensor
-	Tensor FP16-16 6.46 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 6.46 TFLOPS
-	Tensor BF16 12.93 TFLOPS
FP32 1.37 TFLOPS	FP32 3.23 TFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 25.85 TOPS
Pixel Rate 21.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 50.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 42.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 101 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 512 Shaders	Shaders 1,024 Shaders
TMUs 32 TMUs	TMUs 64 TMUs
ROPs 16 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 8 T-Cores
RT Cores 4 RT-Cores	RT Cores 8 RT-Cores
EUs 64 EUs	EUs 128 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 768KB shared

L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

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

Video Output

Max Resolution 3840x2160	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz
Multi-Monitor 1	Multi-Monitor 2
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 Open-Air	Cooling Passive

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family A Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17A	Codename G17G
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Feb 19, 2025	Release Date Mar 3, 2026

Fabrication

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

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