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Apple A19 vs Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 85 %
Apple A19
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 30 %
Apple A19
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A19
Apple A19 85 %
6C / 6T · 4.26 GHz
3,610
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4,250
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A19
Apple A19 30 %
6C / 6T · 4.26 GHz
8,844
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 0.91 GHz
29,200
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A19
Apple A19 15 %
Apple A19 (5 GPU Cores)
2,425
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
Apple M5 Max (32 Core)
16,426

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A19Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple A19 (2)Apple M5 (6)
ArchitectureM5
Technology3 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple A18Apple M4 Max (14-CPU 32-GPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A19Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 618 / 18
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x P-Core
0.70 - 4.26 GHz
6x Super-Core
0.91 - 4.61 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x E-Core
0.74 - 2.50 GHz
12x Performance-Core
0.90 - 3.05 GHz
L2-Cache6.00 MB22.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A19Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
GPU nameApple A19 (5 GPU Cores)Apple M5 Max (32 Core)
GPU frequency0.39 - 2.19 GHz0.34 - 1.90 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 640512 / 4096
Raytracing
Max. displays14
Max. GPU Memory8 GB36 GB
Technology3 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2025Q1/2026

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A19Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ ? TOPS16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A19Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR5X-8533 (68.3 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (614.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB36 GB
Memory channels18
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A19Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
TDP12 W60 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A19Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv9.2-A (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ3/2025Q1/2026
Release price
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Apple A19
Apple A19
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.26 GHz
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 0.91 - 4.61 GHz

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Apple A19
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