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A Series

A Series Chipsets:
Image Name Manufacturing Process CPU GPU Memory First Released
S5L8900.jpg APL 0098 Samsung 90nm 412MHz

1-Core ARM11

1-Core PowerVR MBX Lite Single channel LPDDR-266 June 2007
Apple SoC S5L8920.jpg APL 0298 Samsung 65nm 600MHz

1-Core ARM Cortex-A8

1-Core PowerVR SGX535 Single channel LPDDR-400 June 2009
Apple A4 Chip.jpg A4 Samsung 45nm Up to 1.0GHz

1-Core ARM Cortex-A8

1-Core PowerVR SGX535 Dual channel LPDDR-400 April 2010
Apple-A5-APL2498.jpg A5 Samsung 45nm→32nm Up to 1.0GHz

2-Core ARM Cortex-A9

2-Core PowerVR SGX543MP2 Dual channel LPDDR2-800 March 2011
Apple A5X Chip.jpg A5X Samsung 45nm 1.0GHz

2-Core ARM Cortex-A9

4-Core PowerVR SGX543MP4 Quad channel LPDDR2-800 March 2012
Apple A6 Chip.jpg A6 Samsung 32nm 1.3GHz

2 performance cores (Swift)

3-Core PowerVR SGX543MP3 Dual channel LPDDR2-1066 September 2012
Apple A6X chip.jpg A6X 1.4GHz

2 performance cores (Swift)

4-Core PowerVR SGX554MP4 Quad channel LPDDR2-1066 November 2012
Apple A7 chip.jpg A7 Samsung 28nm Up to 1.4GHz

2 performance cores (Cyclone)

4-Core PowerVR G6430 Single channel LPDDR3-1600 September 2013
Apple A8 system-on-a-chip.jpg A8 TSMC 20nm Up to 1.5GHz

2 performance cores (Typhoon)

4-Core PowerVR GXA6450 September 2014
Apple A8X system-on-a-chip.jpg A8X 1.5GHz

3 performance cores (Typhoon)

8-Core PowerVR GXA6850 Dual channel LPDDR3-1600 October 2014
Apple A9 APL0898.jpg A9 Samsung 14nm

TSMC 16nm

1.85GHz

2 performance cores (Twister)

6-Core PowerVR GT7600 Single channel LPDDR4-3200 September 2015
Apple A9X.jpg A9X TSMC 16nm 2.25GHz

2 performance cores (Twister)

12-Core PowerVR GTA7850 Dual channel LPDDR4-3200 November 2015
Apple A10 Fusion APL1W24.jpg A10 Up to 2.35GHz

2 performance cores (Hurricane)

2 efficiency cores (Zephyr)

6-Core PowerVR GT7600 Plus Single channel LPDDR4-3200 September 2016
Apple A10X Fusion.jpg A10X TSMC 10nm Up to 2.35GHz

3 performance cores (Hurricane)

3 efficiency cores (Zephyr)

12-Core PowerVR GT7600 Plus Dual channel LPDDR4-3200 June 2017
Apple A11.jpg A11 Up to 2.4GHz

2 performance cores (Monsoon)

4 efficiency cores (Mistral)

2-Core Neural Engine

3-Core Apple GPU Single channel LPDDR4X-4266 September 2017
Apple A12.jpg A12 TSMC 7nm (N7) Up to 2.5GHz

2 performance cores (Vortex)

4 efficiency cores (Tempest)

8-Core Neural Engine

4-Core Apple GPU September 2018
Apple A12Z.jpg A12X Up to 2.5GHz

4 performance cores (Vortex)

4 efficiency cores (Tempest)

8-Core Neural Engine

7-Core Apple GPU Dual channel LPDDR4X-4266 November 2018
A12Z 8-Core Apple GPU March 2020
Apple A13 Bionic.jpg A13 TSMC 7nm (N7P) Up to 2.65GHz

2 performance cores (Lightning)

4 efficiency cores (Thunder)

8-Core Neural Engine

4-Core Apple GPU Single channel LPDDR4X-4266 September 2019
Apple A14.jpg A14 TSMC 5nm (N5) Up to 3.0GHz

2 performance cores (Firestorm)

4 efficiency cores (Icestorm)

16-Core Neural Engine

October 2020
Apple A15.jpg A15 TSMC 5nm (N5P) Up to 3.2GHz

2 performance cores (Avalanche)

4 efficiency cores (Blizzard)

16-Core Neural Engine

4-5 Core Apple GPU September 2021
Apple A16.jpg A16 TSMC 4nm (N4) Up to 3.5GHz

2 performance cores (Everest)

4 efficiency cores (Sawtooth)

16-Core Neural Engine

5-Core Apple GPU Single channel LPDDR5-6400 September 2022

M Series

Mac Architectures:

Architecture Years In Use
Motorola 68000 1983-1996
IBM PowerPC 1994-2006
Intel x86 2006-2023
Apple ARM 2020-
M Series Chipsets:
Image Name Manufacturing Process CPU GPU Memory TDP First Released
Apple M1.jpg M1 TSMC 5nm (N5) Up to 3.2GHz 8-Core

4 performance cores (Firestorm)

4 efficiency cores (Icestorm)

16-Core Neural Engine

7-8 Cores Dual channel LPDDR4X-4266 CPU: 15W

GPU: 12W

November 2020
Apple M1 Pro.png M1 Pro Up to 3.2GHz 8-10 Core

6-8 performance cores (Firestorm)

2 efficiency cores (Icestorm)

16-Core Neural Engine

14-16 Cores Dual channel LPDDR5-6400 CPU: 30W

GPU: 30W

October 2021
Apple M1 Max.png M1 Max Up to 3.2GHz 10-Core

8 performance cores (Firestorm)

2 efficiency cores (Icestorm)

16-Core Neural Engine

24-32 Cores Quad channel LPDDR5-6400 CPU: 30W

GPU: 55W

Apple M1 Ultra.png M1 Ultra Up to 3.2GHz 20-Core

16 performance cores (Firestorm)

4 efficiency cores (Icestorm)

32-Core Neural Engine

48-64 Cores 8-channel LPDDR5-6400 CPU: 60W

GPU: 100W

March 2022
Apple M2.jpg M2 TSMC 5nm (N5P) Up to 3.5GHz 8-Core

4 performance cores (Avalanche)

4 efficiency cores (Blizzard)

16-Core Neural Engine

8-10 Cores Dual channel LPDDR5-6400 CPU: 15W

GPU: 15W

June 2022
M2 Pro Up to 3.5GHz 10-12 Core

6-8 performance cores (Avalanche)

4 efficiency cores (Blizzard)

16-Core Neural Engine

16-19 Cores Quad channel LPDDR5-6400 CPU: 30W

GPU: 30W

January 2023
M2 Max Up to 3.7GHz 12-Core

8 performance cores (Avalanche)

4 efficiency cores (Blizzard)

16-Core Neural Engine

30-38 Cores CPU: 30W

GPU: 55W


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