Apple 8-Core M3-FL vs Apple 5-Core A18 Pro Full Specs

Summary

1,024 Shaders 1.34GHz	640 Shaders 1.47GHz
Shared Memory102.4GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 2.74 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Memory Bandwidth

8-Core M3-FL2.74 TFLOPSFP16

x1.46

5-Core A18 Pro1.88 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1470MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 2.74 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 1.88 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 2.74 TFLOPS	FP32 1.88 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 42.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 29.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 85.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 58.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,024 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 64 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
RT Cores 8 RT-Cores	RT Cores 5 RT-Cores
EUs 128 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Boost Clock 1.47GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 7.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 102.4GB/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 1	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

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15G	Codename G17P
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 30, 2023	Release Date Mar 4, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 153mm²	Die Size 110mm²
Transistor Count 25B	Transistor Count 18.4B
Transistor Density 164 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²

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