Imagination PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5 vs Apple 5-Core A18 Pro Full Specs

Summary

32 Shaders 266MHz	640 Shaders 1.47GHz
Shared Memory6.4GB/sLPDDR2	Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPS	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

PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A517.02 GFLOPSFP32

x1

5-Core A18 Pro1.88 TFLOPSFP16

x110.53

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed266MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1470MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak OPS 1.88 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 17.02 GFLOPS	FP32 1.88 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 1.1 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 29.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 1.1 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 58.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 32 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 4 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 4 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
RT Cores -	RT Cores 5 RT-Cores
EUs 8 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 266MHz

Boost Clock 1.47GHz

Cache

L2 Cache -

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR2	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 800MT/s	Memory Speed 7.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 60GB/s

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 1

Multi-Monitor 1

Encoder

-	Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder

-	Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Imagination	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Imagination	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture SGX	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Series5XT	Codename G17P
Chip Variant SGX543	Chip Variant -
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 14, 2011	Release Date Mar 4, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 32nm	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 38mm²	Die Size 110mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 18.4 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs A5 A5 (iPad) A5 (32nm) Show 1 more	CPUs A18 Pro (Neo)
Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Neo(Early 2026)
Smartphones iPhone 4S	Smartphones -
Tablets iPad 2(A5, Early 2011)iPad mini(A5, Late 2012)	Tablets -

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