Apple Silicon

A Series

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Image	Name	Manufacturing Process	CPU	GPU	Memory	First Released	Used In
	APL 0098	Samsung 90nm	412MHz 1-Core ARM11	1-Core PowerVR MBX Lite	Single channel LPDDR-266	June 2007	iPhone (1st generation) iPod Touch (1st-2nd generation) iPhone 3G
	APL 0298	Samsung 65nm	600MHz 1-Core ARM Cortex-A8	1-Core PowerVR SGX535	Single channel LPDDR-400	June 2009	iPhone 3GS iPod Touch (3rd generation)
	A4	Samsung 45nm	Up to 1.0GHz 1-Core ARM Cortex-A8	1-Core PowerVR SGX535	Dual channel LPDDR-400	April 2010	iPad (1st generation) iPhone 4 iPod Touch (4th generation) Apple TV (2nd generation)
	A5	Samsung 45nm→32nm	Up to 1.0GHz 2-Core ARM Cortex-A9	2-Core PowerVR SGX543MP2	Dual channel LPDDR2-800	March 2011	iPad 2 iPhone 4S Apple TV (3rd generation) iPod Touch (5th generation) iPad mini (1st generation)
	A5X	Samsung 45nm	1.0GHz 2-Core ARM Cortex-A9	4-Core PowerVR SGX543MP4	Quad channel LPDDR2-800	March 2012	iPad (3rd generation)
	A6	Samsung 32nm	1.3GHz 2 performance cores (Swift)	3-Core PowerVR SGX543MP3	Dual channel LPDDR2-1066	September 2012	iPhone 5 iPhone 5C
	A6X		1.4GHz 2 performance cores (Swift)	4-Core PowerVR SGX554MP4	Quad channel LPDDR2-1066	November 2012	iPad (4th generation)
	A7	Samsung 28nm	Up to 1.4GHz 2 performance cores (Cyclone)	4-Core PowerVR G6430	Single channel LPDDR3-1600	September 2013	iPhone 5S iPad mini 2-3 iPad Air (1st generation)
	A8	TSMC 20nm	Up to 1.5GHz 2 performance cores (Typhoon)	4-Core PowerVR GXA6450		September 2014	iPhone 6/Plus iPod Touch (6th generation) iPad mini 4 Apple TV HD HomePod
	A8X		1.5GHz 3 performance cores (Typhoon)	8-Core PowerVR GXA6850	Dual channel LPDDR3-1600	October 2014	iPad Air 2
	A9	Samsung 14nm TSMC 16nm	1.85GHz 2 performance cores (Twister)	6-Core PowerVR GT7600	Single channel LPDDR4-3200	September 2015	iPhone 6S/Plus iPhone SE (1st generation) iPad (5th generation)
	A9X	TSMC 16nm	2.25GHz 2 performance cores (Twister)	12-Core PowerVR GTA7850	Dual channel LPDDR4-3200	November 2015	iPad Pro (1st generation)
	A10		Up to 2.35GHz 2 performance cores (Hurricane) 2 efficiency cores (Zephyr)	6-Core PowerVR GT7600 Plus	Single channel LPDDR4-3200	September 2016	iPhone 7/Plus iPad (6-7th generation) iPod Touch (7th generation)
	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	iPad Pro (2nd generation) Apple TV 4K (2017)
	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	iPhone 8/Plus iPhone X
	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	iPhone XS/Max iPhone XR iPad Air (3rd generation) iPad mini (5th generation) iPad (8th generation) Apple TV 4K (2021)
	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	iPad Pro (3rd generation)
	A12Z			8-Core Apple GPU		March 2020	iPad Pro (4th generation) Developer Transition Kit (2020)
	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	iPhone 11/Pro/Max iPhone SE (2nd generation) iPad (9th generation)
	A14	TSMC 5nm (N5)	Up to 3.0GHz 2 performance cores (Firestorm) 4 efficiency cores (Icestorm) 16-Core Neural Engine			October 2020	iPad Air (4th generation) iPhone 12/mini/Pro/Max
	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	iPad mini (6th generation) iPhone 13/mini/Pro/Max

M Series

Mac Architectures:

Architecture	Years In Use
Motorola 68000	1983-1996
IBM PowerPC	1994-2006
Intel x86	2006-2022
Apple ARM	2020-

M1

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Image	Name	Manufacturing Process	CPU	GPU	Memory	First Released	Used In
	M1	TSMC 5nm (N5)	Up to 3.2GHz 8-Core 4 performance cores (Firestorm) 4 efficiency cores (Icestorm) 16-Core Neural Engine	7-8 Core Apple GPU	Dual channel LPDDR4X-4266	November 2020	iPad Air (5th generation) iPad Pro (5th generation) MacBook Air (Late 2020) 13" MacBook Pro (Late 2020) Mac mini (Late 2020) 24" iMac (2021)
	M1 Pro		Up to 3.2GHz 8-10 Core 6-8 performance cores (Firestorm) 2 efficiency cores (Icestorm) 16-Core Neural Engine	14-16 Core Apple GPU	Dual channel LPDDR5-6400	October 2021	14" MacBook Pro (2021) 16" MacBook Pro (2021)
	M1 Max		Up to 3.2GHz 10-Core 8 performance cores (Firestorm) 2 efficiency cores (Icestorm) 16-Core Neural Engine	24-32 Core Apple GPU	Quad channel LPDDR5-6400		14" MacBook Pro (2021) 16" MacBook Pro (2021) Mac Studio (2022)
	M1 Ultra		Up to 3.2GHz 20-Core 16 performance cores (Firestorm) 4 efficiency cores (Icestorm) 32-Core Neural Engine	48-64 Core Apple GPU	8-channel LPDDR5-6400	March 2022	Mac Studio (2022)