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Apple A18 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 335

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18
Rank 2 - 74 %
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 86 %
Apple A18
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
3,384
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz
2,495
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A18
Apple A18 86 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8,430
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
9,813
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple A18
Apple A18 81 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
38.0 TOPS
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
47.0 TOPS

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A18Intel Core Ultra 5 335
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core Ultra 5 (35)
CPU groupApple A18 (2)Intel Core Ultra 300 (6)
ArchitectureDonanPanther Lake
Technology3 nm2 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 2540
PredecessorApple A16 Bionic
SuccessorApple A19

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A18Intel Core Ultra 5 335
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
4x Cougar Cove
2.20 - 4.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
4x Darkmont LP
1.60 - 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB16.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A18Intel Core Ultra 5 335
GPU nameApple A18 (5 GPU Cores)Intel Xe3 4 Core Graphics 32 EUs (Panther Lake)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.68 GHz0.00 - 2.45 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 64032 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays14
Max. GPU Memory8 GB128 GB
Technology3 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2024Q1/2026

NPU AI performance

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Apple A18Intel Core Ultra 5 335
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineIntel® AI Boost
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPSIntel AI Boost NPU 5 @ 47 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A18Intel Core Ultra 5 335
MemoryLPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7467 (119.5 GB/s)
DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB128 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A18Intel Core Ultra 5 335
TDP12 W25 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up55 W
TDP down12 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Apple A18Intel Core Ultra 5 335
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv9-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2024Q1/2026
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A18
Apple A18
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
Intel Core Ultra 5 335
8C / 8T · 2.20 - 4.60 GHz

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