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Apple A14 Bionic vs Apple M5 (10-CPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A14 Bionic
48 %
6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A14 Bionic
26 %
6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A14 Bionic
15 %
Apple A14
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A14 Bionic | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Apple A14 (1) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) | M5 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A13 Bionic | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
| Successor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A14 Bionic | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Firestorm 3.00 GHz |
4x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Icestorm 1.82 GHz |
6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 12.00 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A14 Bionic | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A14 | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 1.46 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 256 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2020 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A14 Bionic | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A14 Bionic | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A14 Bionic | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 7.25 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A14 Bionic | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q3/2020 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
3
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
7
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
8
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
9
Apple A14 Bionic
6C / 6T · 0.00 GHz
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