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Apple A18 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
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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
24C / 24T · 5.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A18
33 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
24C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A18
100 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
24C / 24T · 3.70 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core Ultra 7 (31) |
| CPU group | Apple A18 (2) | Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20) |
| Architecture | Donan | Arrow Lake |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1851 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A19 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A18 | Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 24 / 24 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
8x Lion Cove 3.70 - 5.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
16x Skymont 3.20 - 4.70 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 40.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
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| GPU name | Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) | Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | 0.30 - 2.00 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 4 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Intel® AI Boost |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) | DDR5-7200 (115.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 24 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | 125 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 250 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q1/2026 |
| Release price | 289 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU)
28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz
2
Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU)
32C / 32T · 4.06 GHz
3
Intel Celeron 450
1C / 1T · 0.00 GHz
4
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
24C / 24T · 5.50 GHz
5
Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C / 20T · 5.10 GHz
6
AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT
8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz
7
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C / 28T · 3.30 GHz
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8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz
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Apple A18
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
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