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Apple A8 vs Apple M5
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Apple A8 | Apple M5 |
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| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Apple A8/A8X (2) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | A8 | M5 |
| Technology | 20 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A7 | Apple M4 |
| Successor | Apple A9 |
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Apple A8 | Apple M5 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 9 / 9 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Typhoon 1.50 GHz |
3x 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 | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
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Apple A8 | Apple M5 |
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| GPU name | Apple A8 | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.53 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 128 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q4/2025 |
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Apple A8 | Apple M5 |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
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Apple A8 | Apple M5 |
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| Memory | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
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Apple A8 | Apple M5 |
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| TDP | 5 W | 17 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
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Apple A8 | Apple M5 |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q4/2025 |
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