Product Compare
Apple A18 vs Apple M5 (iPad)
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth | 4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – |
| Frequency | 4050 MHz | 4600 MHz |
| Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L1 cache | 320 KB | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A18 GPU | |
| GPU frequency | 1490 MHz | |
| Execution units | 5 | |
| Shading units | 128 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gb/s | 153 Gb/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Theoretical Performance | 35 TOPS | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV |
| Max display resolution | 2752 x 2064 | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2024 | Oct 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1V08 | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 1622118 | 3155649 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 3466 | 4175 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 8592 | 15577 |