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Apple A5X vs Apple M5 (10-CPU)
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A5X
0 %
PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | A5 | M5 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M4 (10-CPU) | |
| Successor | Apple A6X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A5X | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Cortex-A9 1.00 GHz |
4x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 64 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 45 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A5X | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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Your rating
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