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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V vs Apple A18
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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
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
Apple A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple A18
82 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
100 %
Intel Arc 130V
Apple A18
42 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
AI performance (NPU)
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple A18
95 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core Ultra 5 (35) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core Ultra 200V (9) | Apple A18 (2) |
| Architecture | Lunar Lake | Donan |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 2833 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A19 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Lion Cove 2.20 - 4.70 GHz |
2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Skymont 0 - 3.50 GHz |
4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 14.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Arc 130V | Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 - 1.85 GHz | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 56 / 896 | 20 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Intel® AI Boost | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 40 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-8533 (136.5 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 8 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 17 W | 12 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 37 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 110 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 238V | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q3/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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Your rating
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8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
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Apple A18
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
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