Apple M5 (iPad) vs Apple A18 Pro
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
4600 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
10
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
320 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
16 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
16 MB
TDP
—
10 W
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
153 Gb/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
—
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Neural Engine
Max camera resolution
—
1x 48MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Download speed
—
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
—
Up to 3500 Mbps
Info
Announced
Oct 2025
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
—
APL1V07
Graphics
GPU name
—
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU frequency
—
1490 MHz
Execution units
—
6
Shading units
—
128
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,155,649
1,890,277
Geekbench 6
4,175
3,582
Geekbench 6
15,577
9,089
FP32 (float)
—
2,289
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.