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== A Series ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ class="nowrap" | A Series Chipsets:
!Image
!Name
!Manufacturing Process
!CPU
!GPU
!Memory
!First Released
|-
|[[File:S5L8900.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|APL 0098
|Samsung 90nm
| 412MHz 
1-Core ARM11
| 1-Core PowerVR MBX Lite
|Single channel LPDDR-266
|June 2007
|-
|[[File:Apple SoC S5L8920.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|APL 0298
|Samsung 65nm
|600MHz 
1-Core ARM Cortex-A8
|1-Core PowerVR SGX535
|Single channel LPDDR-400
|June 2009
|-
|[[File:Apple A4 Chip.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A4
|Samsung 45nm
|Up to 1.0GHz
1-Core ARM Cortex-A8
|1-Core PowerVR SGX535
|Dual channel LPDDR-400
|April 2010
|-
|[[File:Apple-A5-APL2498.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A5
|Samsung 45nm→32nm
|Up to 1.0GHz

2-Core ARM Cortex-A9
|2-Core PowerVR SGX543MP2
|Dual channel LPDDR2-800
|March 2011
|-
|[[File:Apple A5X Chip.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A5X
|Samsung 45nm
|1.0GHz
2-Core ARM Cortex-A9
|4-Core PowerVR SGX543MP4
|Quad channel LPDDR2-800
|March 2012
|-
|[[File:Apple A6 Chip.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A6
| rowspan="2" |Samsung 32nm
|1.3GHz
2 performance cores (Swift)
|3-Core PowerVR SGX543MP3
|Dual channel LPDDR2-1066
|September 2012
|-
|[[File:Apple A6X chip.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A6X
|1.4GHz

2 performance cores (Swift)
|4-Core PowerVR SGX554MP4
|Quad channel LPDDR2-1066
|November 2012
|-
|[[File:Apple A7 chip.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A7
|Samsung 28nm
|Up to 1.4GHz

2 performance cores (Cyclone)
|4-Core PowerVR G6430
| rowspan="2" |Single channel LPDDR3-1600
|September 2013
|-
|[[File:Apple A8 system-on-a-chip.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A8
| rowspan="2" |TSMC 20nm
|Up to 1.5GHz

2 performance cores (Typhoon)
|4-Core PowerVR GXA6450
|September 2014
|-
|[[File:Apple A8X system-on-a-chip.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A8X
|1.5GHz

3 performance cores (Typhoon)
|8-Core PowerVR GXA6850
|Dual channel LPDDR3-1600
|October 2014
|-
|[[File:Apple A9 APL0898.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A9
|Samsung 14nm

TSMC 16nm
|1.85GHz

2 performance cores (Twister)
|6-Core PowerVR GT7600
|Single channel LPDDR4-3200
|September 2015
|-
|[[File:Apple A9X.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A9X
| rowspan="2" |TSMC 16nm
|2.25GHz

2 performance cores (Twister)
|12-Core PowerVR GTA7850
|Dual channel LPDDR4-3200
|November 2015
|-
|[[File:Apple A10 Fusion APL1W24.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A10
|Up to 2.35GHz

2 performance cores (Hurricane)

2 efficiency cores (Zephyr)
|6-Core PowerVR GT7600 Plus
|Single channel LPDDR4-3200
|September 2016
|-
|[[File:Apple A10X Fusion.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A10X
| rowspan="2" |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
|-
|[[File:Apple A11.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A11
|Up to 2.4GHz

2 performance cores (Monsoon)

4 efficiency cores (Mistral)

2-Core Neural Engine
|3-Core Apple GPU
| rowspan="2" |Single channel LPDDR4X-4266
|September 2017
|-
|[[File:Apple A12.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A12
| rowspan="3" |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
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Apple A12Z.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A12X
| rowspan="2" |Up to 2.5GHz

4 performance cores (Vortex)

4 efficiency cores (Tempest)

8-Core Neural Engine
|7-Core Apple GPU
| rowspan="2" |Dual channel LPDDR4X-4266
|November 2018
|-
|A12Z
|8-Core Apple GPU
|March 2020
|-
|[[File:Apple A13 Bionic.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A13
|TSMC 7nm (N7P)
|Up to 2.65GHz

2 performance cores (Lightning)

4 efficiency cores (Thunder)

8-Core Neural Engine
| rowspan="2" |4-Core Apple GPU
| rowspan="3" |Single channel LPDDR4X-4266
|September 2019
|-
|[[File:Apple A14.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|A14
|TSMC 5nm (N5)
|Up to 3.0GHz

2 performance cores (Firestorm)

4 efficiency cores (Icestorm)

16-Core Neural Engine
|October 2020
|-
|[[File:Apple A15.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|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
|-
|[[File:Apple A16.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|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:'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Architecture
!Years In Use
|-
|Motorola 68000
|1983-1996
|-
|IBM PowerPC
|1994-2006
|-
|Intel x86
|2006-2023
|-
|Apple ARM
|2020-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ class="nowrap" | M Series Chipsets:
!Image
!Name
!Manufacturing Process
!CPU
!GPU
!Memory
!TDP
!First Released
|-
|[[File:Apple M1.jpg|frameless|100px|link=Special:FilePath/Apple_M1.jpg]]
|M1
| rowspan="4" |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
|-
|[[File:Apple M1 Pro.png|frameless|100px|link=Special:FilePath/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
| rowspan="2" |October 2021
|-
|[[File:Apple M1 Max.png|frameless|100px|link=Special:FilePath/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
|-
|[[File:Apple M1 Ultra.png|frameless|100px|link=Special:FilePath/File: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
|-
|[[File:Apple M2.jpg|frameless|100px|link=Special:FilePath/File:Apple_M2.jpg]]
|M2
| rowspan="3" |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
| rowspan="2" |Quad channel LPDDR5-6400
|CPU: 30W
GPU: 30W
| rowspan="2" |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
|}


{| class="wikitable"
|+ class="nowrap" | Hardware Video Encode/Decode
!
!M1
!M1 Pro
!M1 Max
!M1 Ultra
!M2
!M2 Pro
!M2 Max
|-
!VP9
| colspan="7" |Decode
|-
!AVC (H.264)
| colspan="7" |Encode/Decode
|-
!HEVC (H.265)
| colspan="7" |Encode/Decode
|-
!ProRes
|No
| colspan="6" |Encode/Decode
|-
!AV1
| colspan="7" |No
|}