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Apple A18 vs Intel Core i5-10210U
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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 A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
Intel Core i5-10210U
35 %
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
Intel Core i5-10210U
42 %
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A18
100 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
Intel Core i5-10210U
21 %
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
More benchmarks
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
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core i5-10210U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Apple A18 (2) | Intel Core i 10000U (5) |
| Architecture | Donan | Comet Lake U |
| Technology | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1526 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A19 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core i5-10210U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
4x 1.60 - 4.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core i5-10210U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) | Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | 0.30 - 1.10 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q3/2019 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core i5-10210U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core i5-10210U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) | LPDDR4-2933 (46.8 GB/s) DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) LPDDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core i5-10210U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core i5-10210U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q3/2019 |
| Release price | 300 $ | |
| Documents |
User Reviews
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