Apple A5 vs Intel Core i5-8300H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple A5/A5X Intel Core i 8000H
• Family
  Apple A series Intel Core i5
• Generation
  5 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A6 -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A9 -
• Base Frequency
  1 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10 12
• Execution units
  4 24
• Generation
  - 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) Intel HD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q2/2016
• Shader
  32 192
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8300H and Apple A5. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR2-800 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A5 and Intel Core i5-8300H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A5 and Intel Core i5-8300H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A5 Coffee Lake H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  1 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 8 MB
• Part Number
  APL 0498 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2018
• Socket
  - BGA 1440
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d