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Apple A18 vs Intel Core i5-12500E

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
2,150
Intel Core i5-12500E
Intel UHD Graphics 770
742

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At a glance

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Apple A18Intel Core i5-12500E
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple A18 (2)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureDonanAlder Lake S
Technology3 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorApple A16 Bionic
SuccessorApple A19Intel Core i5-13500E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A18Intel Core i5-12500E
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 66 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
6x Golden Cove
2.90 - 4.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB7.50 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB18.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A18Intel Core i5-12500E
GPU nameApple A18 (5 GPU Cores)Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.68 GHz0.30 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 64032 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory8 GB64 GB
Technology3 nm10 nm
Release dateQ3/2024Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Apple A18Intel Core i5-12500E
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A18Intel Core i5-12500E
MemoryLPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB128 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A18Intel Core i5-12500E
TDP12 W65 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Apple A18Intel Core i5-12500E
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv9-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ3/2024Q1/2022
Release price205 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A18
Apple A18
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz
Intel Core i5-12500E
Intel Core i5-12500E
6C / 12T · 2.90 - 4.50 GHz

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