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Apple M5 (10-CPU) vs Apple A8X
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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 M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
Apple A8X
10 %
3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
Apple A8X
5 %
3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
Apple A8X
4 %
Apple A8X
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
|
Apple M5 (10-CPU) | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple M5 (6) | Apple A8/A8X (2) |
| Architecture | M5 | A8 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M4 (10-CPU) | Apple A6X |
| Successor | Apple A9X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M5 (10-CPU) | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 10 / 10 | 3 / 3 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
3x Typhoon 1.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 28.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M5 (10-CPU) | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M5 (10 Core) | Apple A8X |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz | 0.45 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 32 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 20 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2025 | Q3/2014 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M5 (10-CPU) | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| 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 M5 (10-CPU) | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M5 (10-CPU) | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | 8 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 M5 (10-CPU) | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q4/2025 | Q3/2014 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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3
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
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Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
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Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
9
Apple A8X
3C / 3T · 0.00 GHz
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