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Apple silicon

March 28, 2023

Apple silicon is a series of system on a chip (SoC) and system in a package (SiP) processors designed by Apple Inc., mainly using the ARM architecture. It is the basis of most new Mac computers as well as iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and of products such as AirPods, HomePod, HomePod Mini, and AirTag.

The A16 Bionic chip

Apple announced its plan to switch Mac computers from Intel processors to Apple silicon at WWDC 2020 on June 22, 2020.[1][2] The first Macs built with the Apple M1 processor were unveiled on November 10, 2020. As of January 2023, all newer Mac models are built with Apple silicon; only the older model Mac Pro still uses Xeon processors.[3]

Apple fully controls the integration of Apple silicon chips with the company's hardware and software products. Johny Srouji is in charge of Apple's silicon design.[4] Manufacturing of the chips is outsourced to semiconductor contract manufacturers such as Samsung and TSMC.

A series

The "A" series is a family of SoCs used in the iPhone, certain iPad models, and the Apple TV. "A" series chips were also used in the discontinued iPod Touch line and the original HomePod. They integrate one or more ARM-based processing cores (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), cache memory and other electronics necessary to provide mobile computing functions within a single physical package.[5]

Apple A4

Main article: Apple A4

The Apple A4 is a PoP SoC manufactured by Samsung, the first SoC Apple designed in-house.[6] It combines an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU – also used in Samsung's S5PC110A01 SoC[7][8] – and a PowerVR SGX 535 graphics processor (GPU),[9][10][11] all built on Samsung's 45-nanometer silicon chip fabrication process.[12][13] The design emphasizes power efficiency.[14] The A4 commercially debuted in 2010, in Apple's iPad tablet,[9] and was later used in the iPhone 4 smartphone,[15] the fourth-generation iPod Touch, and the 2nd-generation Apple TV.[16]

The Cortex-A8 core used in the A4, dubbed "Hummingbird", is thought to use performance improvements developed by Samsung in collaboration with chip designer Intrinsity, which was subsequently acquired by Apple[17][18] It can run at far higher clock rates than other Cortex-A8 designs yet remains fully compatible with the design provided by ARM.[19] The A4 runs at different speeds in different products: 1 GHz in the first iPads,[20] 800 MHz in the iPhone 4 and fourth-generation iPod Touch, and an undisclosed speed in the 2nd-generation Apple TV.

The A4's SGX535 GPU could theoretically push 35 million polygons per second and 500 million pixels per second, although real-world performance may be considerably less.[21] Other performance improvements include additional L2 cache.

The A4 processor package does not contain RAM, but supports PoP installation. The 1st-generation iPad, fourth-generation iPod Touch,[22] and the 2nd-generation Apple TV[23] have an A4 mounted with two low-power 128 MB DDR SDRAM chips (totaling 256 MB), while the iPhone 4 has two 256 MB packages for a total of 512 MB.[24][25][26] The RAM is connected to the processor using ARM's 64-bit-wide AMBA 3 AXI bus. To give the iPad high graphics bandwidth, the width of the RAM data bus is double that used in previous ARM11- and ARM9-based Apple devices.[27]

Apple A5

Main article: Apple A5

The Apple A5 is an SoC manufactured by Samsung[28] that replaced the A4. The chip commercially debuted with the release of Apple's iPad 2 tablet in March 2011,[29] followed by its release in the iPhone 4S smartphone later that year. Compared to the A4, the A5 CPU "can do twice the work" and the GPU has "up to nine times the graphics performance",[30] according to Apple.

The A5 contains a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU[31] with ARM's advanced SIMD extension, marketed as NEON, and a dual core PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. This GPU can push between 70 and 80 million polygons/second and has a pixel fill rate of 2 billion pixels/second. The iPad 2's technical specifications page says the A5 is clocked at 1 GHz,[32] though it can adjust its frequency to save battery life.[31][33] The clock speed of the unit used in the iPhone 4S is 800 MHz. Like the A4, the A5 process size is 45 nm.[34]

An updated 32 nm version of the A5 processor was used in the 3rd-generation Apple TV, the fifth-generation iPod Touch, the iPad Mini, and the new version of iPad 2 (version iPad2,4).[35] The chip in the Apple TV has one core locked.[36][37] Markings on the square package indicate that it is named APL2498, and in software, the chip is called S5L8942. The 32 nm variant of the A5 provides around 15% better battery life during web browsing, 30% better when playing 3D games and about 20% better battery life during video playback.[38]

In March 2013, Apple released an updated version of the 3rd-generation Apple TV (Rev A, model A1469) containing a smaller, single-core version of the A5 processor. Unlike the other A5 variants, this version of the A5 is not a PoP, having no stacked RAM. The chip is very small, just 6.1×6.2 mm, but as the decrease in size is not due to a decrease in feature size (it is still on a 32 nm fabrication process), this indicates that this A5 revision is of a new design.[39] Markings tell that it is named APL7498, and in software, the chip is called S5L8947.[40][41]

Apple A5X

Main article: Apple A5X

The Apple A5X is an SoC announced on March 7, 2012, at the launch of the third-generation iPad. It is a high-performance variant of the Apple A5; Apple claims it has twice the graphics performance of the A5.[42] It was superseded in the fourth-generation iPad by the Apple A6X processor.

The A5X has a quad-core graphics unit (PowerVR SGX543MP4) instead of the previous dual-core as well as a quad-channel memory controller that provides a memory bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s, roughly three times more than in the A5. The added graphics cores and extra memory channels add up to a very large die size of 165 mm²,[43] for example twice the size of Nvidia Tegra 3.[44] This is mainly due to the large PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU. The clock frequency of the dual ARM Cortex-A9 cores have been shown to operate at the same 1 GHz frequency as in A5.[45] The RAM in A5X is separate from the main CPU package.[46]

Apple A6

Main article: Apple A6

The Apple A6 is a PoP SoC introduced on September 12, 2012, at the launch of the iPhone 5, then a year later was inherited by its minor successor the iPhone 5C. Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics power compared to its predecessor the Apple A5.[47] It is 22% smaller and draws less power than the 45 nm A5.[48]

The A6 is said to use a 1.3 GHz[49] custom[50] Apple-designed ARMv7 based dual-core CPU, called Swift,[51] rather than a licensed CPU from ARM like in previous designs, and an integrated 266 MHz triple-core PowerVR SGX 543MP3[52] graphics processing unit (GPU). The Swift core in the A6 uses a new tweaked instruction set, ARMv7s, featuring some elements of the ARM Cortex-A15 such as support for the Advanced SIMD v2, and VFPv4.[50] The A6 is manufactured by Samsung on a high-κ metal gate (HKMG) 32 nm process.[53]

Apple A6X

Main article: Apple A6X

Apple A6X is an SoC introduced at the launch of the fourth-generation iPad on October 23, 2012. It is a high-performance variant of the Apple A6. Apple claims the A6X has twice the CPU performance and up to twice the graphics performance of its predecessor, the Apple A5X.[54]

Like the A6, this SoC continues to use the dual-core Swift CPU, but it has a new quad core GPU, quad channel memory and slightly higher 1.4 GHz CPU clock rate.[55] It uses an integrated quad-core PowerVR SGX 554MP4 graphics processing unit (GPU) running at 300 MHz and a quad-channel memory subsystem.[55][56] Compared to the A6 the A6X is 30% larger, but it continues to be manufactured by Samsung on a high-κ metal gate (HKMG) 32 nm process.[56]

Apple A7

Main article: Apple A7

The Apple A7 is a 64-bit PoP SoC whose first appearance was in the iPhone 5S, which was introduced on September 10, 2013. The chip would also be used in the iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 and iPad Mini 3. Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics power compared to its predecessor the Apple A6.[57] The Apple A7 chip is the first 64-bit chip to be used in a smartphone and later a tablet computer.[58]

The A7 features an Apple-designed 1.3[59]–1.4[60] GHz 64-bit[61] ARMv8-A[62][63] dual-core CPU,[59] called Cyclone,[62] and an integrated PowerVR G6430 GPU in a four cluster configuration.[64] The ARMv8-A architecture doubles the number of registers of the A7 compared to the A6.[65] It now has 31 general-purpose registers that are each 64-bits wide and 32 floating-point/NEON registers that are each 128-bits wide.[61] The A7 is manufactured by Samsung on a high-κ metal gate (HKMG) 28 nm process[66] and the chip includes over 1 billion transistors on a die 102 mm2 in size.[59]

Apple A8

Main article: Apple A8

The Apple A8 is a 64-bit PoP SoC manufactured by TSMC. Its first appearance was in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which were introduced on September 9, 2014.[67] A year later it would drive the iPad Mini 4. Apple states that it has 25% more CPU performance and 50% more graphics performance while drawing only 50% of the power compared to its predecessor, the Apple A7.[68] On February 9, 2018, Apple released the HomePod, which is powered by an Apple A8 with 1 GB of RAM.[69]

The A8 features an Apple-designed 1.4[70] GHz 64-bit[71] ARMv8-A[71] dual-core CPU, and an integrated custom PowerVR GX6450 GPU in a four cluster configuration.[70] The GPU features custom shader cores and compiler.[72] The A8 is manufactured on a 20 nm process[73] by TSMC,[74] which replaced Samsung as the manufacturer of Apple's mobile device processors. It contains 2 billion transistors. Despite that being double the number of transistors compared to the A7, its physical size has been reduced by 13% to 89 mm2 (consistent with a shrink only, not known to be a new microarchitecture).[75]

Apple A8X

Main article: Apple A8X

The Apple A8X is a 64-bit SoC introduced at the launch of the iPad Air 2 on October 16, 2014.[76] It is a high performance variant of the Apple A8. Apple states that it has 40% more CPU performance and 2.5 times the graphics performance of its predecessor, the Apple A7.[76][77]

Unlike the A8, this SoC uses a triple-core CPU, a new octa-core GPU, dual channel memory and slightly higher 1.5 GHz CPU clock rate.[78] It uses an integrated custom octa-core PowerVR GXA6850 graphics processing unit (GPU) running at 450 MHz and a dual-channel memory subsystem.[78] It is manufactured by TSMC on their 20 nm fabrication process, and consists of 3 billion transistors.

Apple A9

Main article: Apple A9

The Apple A9 is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, which were introduced on September 9, 2015.[79] Apple states that it has 70% more CPU performance and 90% more graphics performance compared to its predecessor, the Apple A8.[79] It is dual sourced, a first for an Apple SoC; it is manufactured by Samsung on their 14 nm FinFET LPE process and by TSMC on their 16 nm FinFET process. It was subsequently included in the first-generation iPhone SE, and the iPad (5th generation). The Apple A9 was the last CPU that Apple manufactured through a contract with Samsung, as all A-series chips after are manufactured by TSMC.

Apple A9X

Main article: Apple A9X

The Apple A9X is a 64-bit SoC that was announced on September 9, 2015, and released on November 11, 2015, and first appeared in the iPad Pro.[80] It offers 80% more CPU performance and two times the GPU performance of its predecessor, the Apple A8X. It is manufactured by TSMC using a 16 nm FinFET process.[81]

Apple A10 Fusion

Main article: Apple A10

The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which were introduced on September 7, 2016.[82] The A10 is also featured in the sixth-generation iPad, seventh-generation iPad and seventh-generation iPod Touch.[83] It has a new ARM big.LITTLE quad core design with two high performance cores, and two smaller highly efficient cores. It is 40% faster than the A9, with 50% faster graphics. It is manufactured by TSMC on their 16 nm FinFET process.

Apple A10X Fusion

Main article: Apple A10X

The Apple A10X Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the 10.5" iPad Pro and the second generation of the 12.9" iPad Pro, which were both announced on June 5, 2017.[84] It is a variant of the A10 and Apple claims that it has 30 percent faster CPU performance and 40 percent faster GPU performance than its predecessor, the A9X.[84] On September 12, 2017, Apple announced that the Apple TV 4K would be powered by an A10X chip. It is made by TSMC on their 10 nm FinFET process.[85]

Apple A11 Bionic

Main article: Apple A11

The Apple A11 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC[86] that first appeared in the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X, which were introduced on September 12, 2017.[86] It has two high-performance cores, which are 25% faster than the A10 Fusion, four high-efficiency cores, which are 70% faster than the energy-efficient cores in the A10, and for the first time an Apple-designed three-core GPU with 30% faster graphics performance than the A10.[86][87] It is also the first A-series chip to feature Apple's "Neural Engine," which enhances artificial intelligence and machine learning processes.[88]

Apple A12 Bionic

Main article: Apple A12

The Apple A12 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, which were introduced on September 12, 2018. It is also used in the third-generation iPad Air, fifth-generation iPad Mini, and the eighth-generation iPad. It has two high-performance cores, which are 15% faster than the A11 Bionic, and four high-efficiency cores, which have 50% lower power usage than the energy-efficient cores in the A11 Bionic.[89] The A12 is manufactured by TSMC[90] using a 7 nm[91] FinFET process, the first to ship in a smartphone.[92][90] It is also used in the 6th generation Apple TV.

Apple A12X Bionic

Main article: Apple A12X

The Apple A12X Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the 11.0" iPad Pro and the third generation of the 12.9" iPad Pro, which were both announced on October 30, 2018.[93] It offers 35% faster single-core and 90% faster multi-core CPU performance than its predecessor, the A10X. It has four high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores. The A12X is manufactured by TSMC using a 7 nm FinFET process.

Apple A12Z Bionic

The Apple A12Z Bionic is an updated version of the A12X Bionic, first appearing in the fourth generation iPad Pro, which was announced on March 18, 2020.[94] It adds an additional GPU core, compared to the A12X, for improved graphics performance.[95] The A12Z is also used in the Developer Transition Kit prototype computer that helps developers prepare their software for Macs based on Apple silicon.[96]

Apple A13 Bionic

Main article: Apple A13

The Apple A13 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, which were introduced on September 10, 2019. It is also featured in the second-generation iPhone SE (released April 15, 2020), the 9th generation iPad (announced September 14, 2021) and in the Studio Display (announced March 8, 2022)

The entire A13 SoC features a total of 18 cores – a six-core CPU, four-core GPU, and an eight-core Neural Engine processor, which is dedicated to handling on-board machine learning processes; four of the six cores on the CPU are low-powered cores that are dedicated to handling less CPU-intensive operations, such as voice calls, browsing the Web, and sending messages, while two higher-performance cores are used only for more CPU-intensive processes, such as recording 4K video or playing a video game.[97]

Apple A14 Bionic

Main article: Apple A14

The Apple A14 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the fourth-generation iPad Air and iPhone 12, released on October 23, 2020. It is the first commercially available 5 nm chipset and it contains 11.8 billion transistors and a 16-core AI processor.[98] It includes Samsung LPDDR4X DRAM, a 6-core CPU, and 4-Core GPU with real time machine learning capabilities. It was later used in the tenth-generation iPad, released on October 26, 2022.

Apple A15 Bionic

Main article: Apple A15

The Apple A15 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 13, unveiled on September 14, 2021. The A15 is built on a 5-nanometer manufacturing process with 15 billion transistors. It has 2 high-performance processing cores, 4 high-efficiency cores, a new 5-core graphics for iPhone 13 Pro series (4-core for iPhone 13 and 13 mini) processing unit, and a new 16-core Neural Engine capable of 15.8 trillion operations per second.[99][100] It is also used in the iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus and iPad Mini 6.[101]

Apple A16 Bionic

Main article: Apple A16

The Apple A16 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 14 Pro, unveiled on September 7, 2022. The A16 has 16 billion transistors and is built on TSMC's N4 fabrication process, being touted by Apple as the first 4 nm processor in a smartphone.[102][103] However, N4 is an enhanced version of N5 technology, a de facto third-generation 5 nm manufacturing process.[104][105][106] The chip has 2 high-performance processing cores, 4 high-efficiency cores and 5-core graphics for iPhone 14 Pro series. Memory is upgraded to LPDDR5 for 50% higher bandwidth and a 7% faster 16-core Neural Engine capable of 17 trillion operations per second.

List of processors

General Image Semiconductor technology Computer architecture CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology First released date Supported OS
Name Codename Part No. Node Manufacturer Transistors count Die size CPU ISA Bit width Performance core Efficiency core Overall cores Cache Vendor Cores SIMD EU count FP32 ALU count Frequency FP32 FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channel
Bit per channel 		Memory type Theoretical
bandwidth 		Available capacity Initial Terminal
Core name Cores Core speed Core name Cores Core speed L1 L2 L3 SLC
[a] APL0098 S5L8900   90 nm
[107]		 Samsung 72 mm2
[12]		 ARMv6 32-bit ARM11 1 412 MHz — — — Single-core L1i: 16 KB
L1d: 16 KB 		— — — PowerVR MBX Lite 1 1 8 60 MHz – 103 MHz 0.96 GFLOPS – 1.64 GFLOPS — — 16-bit 1 channel
16-bit/channel 		LPDDR-266
(133 MHz) 		533 MB/s 128 MB June 29, 2007 iPhone OS 1.0 iPhone OS 3.1.3[b]
iOS 4.2.1[c]
[d] APL0278 S5L8720   65 nm
[12]		 36 mm2
[12]		 533 MHz 103 MHz – 133 MHz 1.64 GFLOPs – 2.12 GFLOPS 32-bit 1 channel
32-bit/channel 		1066 MB/s September 9, 2008 iPhone OS 2.1.1
[e] APL0298 S5L8920   71.8 mm2
[13]		 ARMv7 Cortex-A8 600 MHz L1i: 32 KB
L1d: 32 KB 		256 KB PowerVR SGX535[108] 2 16 200 MHz 6.4 GFLOPS LPDDR-400
(200 MHz) 		1.6 GB/s 256 MB June 19, 2009 iPhone OS 3.0 iOS 6.1.6
APL2298 S5L8922   45 nm
[12][13][34]		 41.6 mm2
[12]		 September 9, 2009 iPhone OS 3.1.1 iOS 5.1.1
A4 APL0398 S5L8930   53.3 mm2
[12][13]		 800 MHz 512 KB 200 MHz – 250 MHz 6.4 GFLOPS – 8.0 GFLOPS 64-bit 2 channels
32-bit/channel 		3.2 GB/s April 3, 2010 iPhone OS 3.2
Apple TV Software 4.0 		iOS 6.1.6
1.0 GHz iOS 5.1.1[f]
Apple TV Software 6.2.1
800 MHz 512 MB iOS 7.1.2
A5 APL0498 S5L8940   122.2 mm2
[34]		 Cortex-A9 2 800 MHz Dual-core 1 MB PowerVR SGX543[109][52] 2 4 32 200 MHz 12.8 GFLOPS LPDDR2-800
(400 MHz) 		6.4 GB/s March 11, 2011 iOS 4.3 iOS 9.3.5[g]
iOS 9.3.6[h]
Apple TV Software 7.6.2
1.0 GHz
APL2498 S5L8942   32 nm
Hκ MG
[35][41]		 69.6 mm2
[35]		 800 MHz March 7, 2012 iOS 5.1
1.0 GHz
2 (One core locked) Dual-core
Single-core in actual 		Apple TV Software 5.0
APL7498 S5L8947   37.8 mm2
[41]		 1 Single-core January 28, 2013 Apple TV Software 5.2
A5X APL5498 S5L8945   45 nm
[12][13][34]		 165 mm2
[43]		 2 Dual-core 4 8 64 25.6 GFLOPS 128-bit 4 channels
32-bit/channel 		12.8 GB/s 1 GB March 16, 2012 iOS 5.1
A6 APL0598 S5L8950   32 nm
Hκ MG
[53][110][56]		 96.71 mm2
[53][110]		 ARMv7s[111] Swift[50] 1.3 GHz[112] 3 6 48 266 MHz 68.0 GFLOPS 64-bit 2 channels
32-bit/channel 		LPDDR2-1066
(533 MHz) 		8.5 GB/s September 21, 2012 iOS 6.0 iOS 10.3.3[i]
iOS 10.3.4[j]
A6X APL5598 S5L8955   123 mm2
[56]		 1.4 GHz[55] PowerVR SGX554[55][113] 4 16 128 300 MHz 76.8 GFLOPS 128-bit 4 channels
32-bit/channel 		17.0 GB/s November 2, 2012
A7 APL0698 S5L8960   28 nm
Hκ MG
[66][114]		 1 billion 102 mm2
[61][114]		 ARMv8.0-A
[62][70]		 64-bit Cyclone 1.3 GHz L1i: 64 KB
L1d: 64 KB 		4 MB (Inclusive)
[62][115][60]		 PowerVR G6430[64][113] 450 MHz 115.2 GFLOPS 64-bit 1 channel
64-bit/channel 		LPDDR3-1600
(800 MHz) 		12.8 GB/s September 20, 2013 iOS 7.0 iOS 12.5.7
APL5698 S5L8965   1.4 GHz November 1, 2013 iOS 7.0.3
A8 APL1011 T7000   20 nm
Hκ MG
[71][70]		 TSMC 2 billion 89 mm2
[116][78]
[117]		 Typhoon 1.1 GHz PowerVR GX6450[72][118][119] 533 MHz 136.4 GFLOPS September 19, 2014 iOS 8.0
1.4 GHz
audioOS 11.0 HomePod Software 15.6
(Current)
1.5 GHz 2 GB iOS 8.0
tvOS 9.0 		iPadOS 15.7.3
(Current)
tvOS 16.2
(Current)
A8X APL1021 T7001   3 billion 128 mm2
[78]		 3 1.5 GHz 3-core 2 MB PowerVR GX6850[72][78][117] 8 32 256 450 MHz 230.4 GFLOPS 128-bit 2 channels
64-bit/channel 		25.6 GB/s October 22, 2014 iOS 8.1 iPadOS 15.7.3
(Current)
A9 APL0898 S8000   14 nm
FinFET
[120]		 Samsung ≥ 2 billion 96 mm2
[121]		 Twister 2 1.85 GHz[122][123] Dual-core 3 MB 4 MB (Victim)

[115][124]

 PowerVR GT7600[72][125] 6 24 192 650 MHz 249.6 GFLOPS 64-bit 1 channel
64-bit/channel 		LPDDR4-3200
(1600 MHz) 		September 25, 2015 iOS 9.0 iOS 15.7.3
(Current)
iPadOS 16.3.1
(Current)
tvOS 16.2
(Current)
APL1022 S8003   16 nm
FinFET
[121][126][127]		 TSMC 104.5 mm2
[121]
A9X APL1021 S8001   ≥ 3 billion 143.9 mm2
[126][85]		 2.16 GHz[128][129] —[115][126] PowerVR GT7850[72][126] 12 48 384 650 MHz 499.2 GFLOPS 128-bit
(64-bit in actual) 		2 channels
(one channel is unused)
64-bit/channel 		November 11, 2015 iOS 9.1
2.26 GHz 128-bit 2 channels
64-bit/channel 		51.2 GB/s 4 GB
A10 Fusion APL1W24 T8010   3.3 billion 125 mm2
[127]		 ARMv8.1-A Hurricane 2 1.64 GHz Zephyr 2 1.09 GHz Quad-core
(Only 2 cores performed at a same time) 		P-core:
L1i: 64 KB
L1d: 64 KB

E-core:
L1i: 32 KB
L1d: 32KB 		P-core:
3 MB

E-core:
1 MB 		4 MB PowerVR GT7600 Plus[130][72][131][132] 6 24 192 900 MHz 345.6 GFLOPS 64-bit 1 channel
64-bit/channel 		25.6 GB/s 2 GB September 16, 2016 iOS 10.0
2.34 GHz
3 GB
A10X Fusion APL1071 T8011   10 nm
FinFET
[85]		 ≥ 4 billion 96.4 mm2
[85]		 3 2.38 GHz 3 1.30 GHz 6-core
(Only 3 cores performed at a same time) 		P-core:
8 MB

E-core:
1 MB 		—[133][134] 4 MB 12 48 384 1000 MHz 768.0 GFLOPS 128-bit 2 channels
64-bit/channel 		51.2 GB/s 3 GB June 13, 2017 tvOS 11.0
4 GB iOS 10.3.2
A11
Bionic 		APL1W72 T8015   4.3 billion 87.66 mm2
[135]		 ARMv8.2-A[136] Monsoon 2 2.39 GHz Mistral 4 1.19 GHz 6-core First generation Apple-designed 3 12 192 1066 MHz 409.3 GFLOPS 2 600 billion OPS 64-bit 1 channel
64-bit/channel 		LPDDR4X-4266
(2133 MHz) 		34.1 GB/s 2 GB September 22, 2017 iOS 11.0 iOS 16.3.1
(Current)
iPadOS 16.3.1
(Current)
tvOS 16.2
(Current)
3 GB
A12
Bionic 		APL1W81 T8020   7 nm (N7)
FinFET
 6.9 billion 83.27 mm2
[137]		 ARMv8.3-A[138] Vortex 2.49 GHz Tempest 1.59 GHz P-core:
L1i: 128 KB
L1d: 128 KB

E-core:
L1i: 32 KB
L1d: 32KB 		P-core:
8 MB

E-core:
2 MB 		8 MB Second generation Apple-designed (Apple G11P) 4 16 256 1125 MHz 576.0 GFLOPS 8 5 TOPS September 21, 2018 iOS 12.0
tvOS 14.5
4 GB
A12X Bionic APL1083 T8027   10 billion 135 mm2
[139]		 4 8-core Second generation Apple-designed (Apple G11G) 7
 28 448 1125 MHz 1.008 TFLOPS 128-bit 2 channels
64-bit/channel 		68.2 GB/s November 7, 2018 iOS 12.1
6 GB
A12Z Bionic   8 32 512 1.152 TFLOPS March 25, 2020 iPadOS 13.4
16 GB June 22, 2020 macOS Big Sur 11.0 Beta 1 macOS Big Sur 11.3 Beta 2
A13
Bionic 		APL1W85 T8030   7 nm (N7P)
FinFET 		8.5 billion 98.48 mm2
[140]		 ARMv8.4-A[141] Lightning 2 2.65 GHz Thunder 1.72 GHz 6-core P-core:
L1i: 192 KB
L1d: 128 KB

E-core:
L1i: 96 KB
L1d: 48 KB 		P-core:
8 MB

E-core:
4 MB 		16 MB Third generation Apple-designed[142] 4 16 256 1230 MHz 630 GFLOPS 5.5 TOPS 64-bit 1 channel
64-bit/channel 		34.1 GB/s 3 GB September 20, 2019 iOS 13.0
iPadOS 13.0 		iOS 16.3.1
(Current)
iPadOS 16.3.1
(Current)
4 GB
A14
Bionic 		APL1W01 T8101   5 nm (N5)
FinFET 		11.8 billion 88 mm2
[143]		 ARMv8.5-A[144] Firestorm 3.00 GHz Icestorm 1.82 GHz P-core:
L1i: 192 KB
L1d: 128 KB

E-core:
L1i: 128 KB
L1d: 64 KB 		Fourth generation Apple-designed[145][142][146][147] 16 256 1278 MHz 654 GFLOPS 16 11 TOPS October 23, 2020 iOS 14.0
iPadOS 14.0
6 GB
A15
Bionic 		APL1W07
[148]		 T8110   5 nm (N5P)
FinFET 		15 billion 107.68 mm2[148] Avalanche 3.24 GHz Blizzard 2.02 GHz P-core:
12 MB

E-core:
4 MB 		32 MB Fifth generation Apple-designed[149][150][151] 16[152] 512[152] 1338 MHz[152][153] 1.370 TFLOPS 15.8 TOPS 4 GB September 24, 2021 iOS 15.0
iPadOS 15.0
2.93 GHz 5 20[153] 640[153] 1.713 TFLOPS
3.24 GHz 6 GB
A16
Bionic 		APL1W10

[154]

 T8120   5 nm (N4P)
FinFET

[104][105][106][103][155]

 16 billion ARMv8.6-A [156] Everest [157][158] 3.46 GHz Sawtooth[157][158] P-core:
16 MB

E-core:
4 MB

[159]

 24 MB

[159]

 Sixth generation Apple-designed 20[160] 640[160] 1398 MHz[160] 1.789 TFLOPS[160] 17 TOPS LPDDR5-6400

(3200 MHz)

51.2 GB/s September 7, 2022 iOS 16.0
Name Codename Part No. Image Node Manufacturer Transistors count Die size CPU ISA Bit width Core name Cores Core speed Core name Cores Core speed Overall cores L1 L2 L3 SLC Vendor Cores EU count ALU count Frequency FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channel
Bit per channel 		Memory type Theoretical
bandwidth 		Available capacity First released date Initial Terminal
Performance core Efficiency core Cache
General Semiconductor technology Computer architecture CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology Supported OS

H series

The Apple "H" series is a family of SoCs with low-power audio processing and wireless connectivity for use in headphones.

Apple H1

The Apple H1 chip was first used in the 2019 version of AirPods, and was later used in the Powerbeats Pro, the Beats Solo Pro, Beat Fit Pro, the AirPods Pro, the 2020 Powerbeats, AirPods Max,[161] and the AirPods (3rd generation). Specifically designed for headphones, it has Bluetooth 5.0, supports hands-free "Hey Siri" commands,[162] and offers 30 percent lower latency than the W1 chip used in earlier AirPods.[163]

Apple H2

The Apple H2 chip was first used in the 2022 version of AirPods Pro. It has Bluetooth 5.3, and implements 48 kHz noise reduction in hardware.

List of processors

Name Model no. Image Bluetooth First Released
H1 343S00289[164]
(AirPods 2nd Generation)
343S00290[165]
(AirPods 2nd Generation)
343S00404[166]
(AirPods Max)
H1 SiP[167]
(AirPods Pro) 		     
    		5.0 March 20, 2019
H2 AirPods Pro (2nd generation) 5.3 September 7, 2022

M series

The Apple "M" series is a family of systems on a chip (SoC) used in Mac computers from November 2020 or later, iPad Pro tablets from April 2021 or later, and iPad Air tablets from March 2022 or later. The "M" designation was previously used for Apple motion coprocessors.

Evolution of Apple "M" series
M1
November 10, 2020–present
M1 Pro
October 18, 2021–January 17, 2023
M1 Max
October 18, 2021–present
M1 Ultra
March 8, 2022–present
M2
June 6, 2022–present
M2 Pro
January 17, 2023–present
M2 Max
January 17, 2023–present

Apple M1

Main article: Apple M1

The M1, Apple's first system on a chip designed for use in Macs, is manufactured using TSMC's 5 nm process. Announced on November 10, 2020, it is used in the MacBook Air (M1, 2020), Mac mini (M1, 2020), MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020), iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021), iPad Pro (5th generation) and iPad Air (5th generation). It comes with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, for a total of 8 CPU cores. It comes with up to 8 GPU cores, with the entry level MacBook Air having only 7 GPU cores. The M1 has 16 billion transistors.[168]

Apple M1 Pro

The M1 Pro is a more powerful version of the M1, with six to eight performance cores, two efficiency cores, 14 to 16 GPU cores, 16 Neural Engine cores, up to 32 GB unified RAM with up to 200 GB/s memory bandwidth, and more than double the transistors. It was announced on October 18, 2021, and is used in the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro. Apple said the CPU performance is about 70% faster than the M1, and that its GPU performance is about double. Apple claims the M1 Pro can deliver up to 20 streams of 4K or 7 streams of 8K ProRes video playback (up from 6 offered by Afterburner card for 2019 Mac Pro).

Apple M1 Max

The M1 Max is a larger version of the M1 Pro chip, with eight performance cores, two efficiency cores, 24 to 32 GPU cores, 16 Neural Engine cores, up to 64 GB unified RAM with up to 400 GB/s memory bandwidth, and more than double the number of transistors. It was announced on October 18, 2021, and is used in the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro, as well as the Mac Studio. Apple says it has 57 billion transistors.[169] Apple claims the M1 Max can deliver up to 30 streams of 4K (up from 23 offered by Afterburner card for 2019 Mac Pro) or 7 streams of 8K ProRes video playback.

Apple M1 Ultra

The M1 Ultra consists of two M1 Max dies connected together by a silicon interposer through Apple's UltraFusion technology.[170] It has 114 billion transistors, 16 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores, 48 to 64 GPU cores and 32 Neural Engine cores; it can be configured with up to 128 GB unified RAM of 800 GB/s memory bandwidth. It was announced on March 8, 2022, as an optional upgrade for the Mac Studio. Apple claims the M1 Ultra can deliver up to 18 streams of 8K ProRes video playback.[171]

Apple M2

Main article: Apple M2

Apple announced the M2 SoC on June 6, 2022, at WWDC, along with the new MacBook Air and the new 13-inch MacBook Pro and later the iPad Pro (6th generation). It is the successor to the Apple M1. The M2 is made with TSMC's "Enhanced 5-nanometer technology" N5P process and contains 20 billion transistors, a 25% increase from the previous generation M1. The M2 can be configured with up to 24 gigabytes of RAM and 2 terabytes of storage. It has 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency) and up to 10 GPU cores. The M2 also increases the memory bandwidth to 100 GB/s. Apple claims CPU improvements up to 18% and GPU improvements up to 35% compared to the previous M1.[172]

Apple M2 Pro

The M2 Pro is a more powerful version of the M2, with six to eight performance cores, four efficiency cores, 16 to 19 core GPU, 16 Apple Next Generation Neural Engine cores, up to 32 GBs of unified RAM with up to 200 GB/s memory bandwidth, and over 40 billion transistors, 20 percent more than the M1 Pro and twice the M2. It was announced on January 17, 2023 in a press release and it is used in the 14 and 16 inch 2023 MacBook Pro (Apple silicon) as well as the Mac Mini. Apple claims the CPU performance on the M2 Pro is 20 percent faster than the M1 Pro and the GPU is 30 percent faster than the one on the M1 Pro.[173]

Apple M2 Max

The M2 Max is a larger more powerful version of the M2 Pro, with eight performance cores, four efficiency cores, 30 to 38 core GPU, 16 Apple Next Generation Neural Engine cores, up to 96GBs of unified RAM with up to 400 GB/s memory bandwidth, and over 67 billion transistors, 10 billion more than the M1 Max and 3x the M2. It was announced on January 17, 2023 in a press release and it is used in the 14 and 16 inch 2023 MacBook Pro (Apple silicon). Apple claims the CPU performance on the M2 Max is 20 percent faster that M1 Max and the GPU is 30 percent faster than the M1 Max. According to Apple, "the M2 Max is the most powerful and efficient chip in a pro laptop".[173]

List of processors

General Semiconductor technology CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology Connectivity First released date Supported OS
Name Codename
and part no. 		Image Process Transistor count
and die size 		CPU ISA Codename Cores Clocks (GHz) Cache Vendor Cores SIMD EU count FP32 ALU count Frequency FP32 FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channel
Bit per channel 		Memory type Theoretical
bandwidth 		Available capacity Ports External display Initial Terminal
P E P E P E L1 L2 L3 SLC Thunderbolt USB Max
M1 APL1102
T8103 		  TSMC N5 16 billion
118.91 mm²
[174]		 ARMv8.5-A Firestorm Icestorm 4 4 3.204 2.064 P-core:
L1i: 192 KB
L1d: 128 KB

E-core:
L1i: 128 KB
L1d: 64 KB 		P-core:
12 MB

E-core:
4 MB 		— 8 MB Fourth generation Apple-designed 7 28 896 1278 MHz 2.290 TFLOPS 16 11 TOPS 128-bit 2 channels
64-bit/channel 		LPDDR4X-4266
(2133 MHz) 		66.67 GB/s 8 GB
16 GB[k]		 Thunderbolt 3
(Up to 40 Gbit/s)[l]		 USB4
(Up to 40 Gbit/s)[m]

USB 3.1 Gen 2
(Up to 10 Gbit/s) 		iPad:
1 Thunderbolt/USB4[n]

MacBook and Mac Desktop:
2 Thunderbolt/USB4

iMac (4 ports):
Additional 2 USB-C

Mac mini:
Additional 2 USB-A and 1 HDMI 2.0 		All:
One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt/USB-C

Mac mini:
One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI 		November 10, 2020 macOS Big Sur 11.0
iPadOS 14.5 		macOS Ventura 13.2.1
(Current)
iPadOS 16.3.1
(Current)
8 32 1024 2.617 TFLOPS
M1 Pro APL1103
T6000 		  33.7 billion
≈ 245 mm²
[175]		 6 2 3.228 P-core:
24 MB

E-core:
4 MB 		24 MB 14 56 1792 1296 MHz 4.644 TFLOPS 256-bit 2 channels
128-bit/channel 		LPDDR5-6400
(3200 MHz) 		204.8 GB/s 16 GB
32 GB[o]		 Thunderbolt 4
(Up to 40 Gbit/s) 		MacBook:
3 Thunderbolt 4, 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2.0 		Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt

or

One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth display over HDMI 		October 26, 2021 macOS Monterey 12.0 macOS Ventura 13.2.1
(Current)
8
16 64 2048 5.308 TFLOPS
M1 Max APL1105
T6001
[176]		   57 billion
≈ 432 mm²
[175]		 48 MB 24 96 3072 7.962 TFLOPS 512-bit 4 channels
128-bit/channel 		409.6 GB/s 32 GB
64 GB[p]		 MacBook:
3 Thunderbolt 4, 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2.0

Mac Studio:
4 Thunderbolt 4, 2 USB-C, 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2.0 		MacBook:
Three 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth display over HDMI

Mac Studio:
Four 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth display over HDMI
32 128 4096 10.616 TFLOPS
M1 Ultra APL1W06
T6002 		  114 billion
≈ 864 mm² 		16 4 P-core:
48 MB

E-core:
8 MB 		96 MB 48 192 6144 15.925 TFLOPS 32 22 TOPS 1024-bit 8 channels
128-bit/channel 		819.2 GB/s 64 GB
128 GB[q]		 6 Thunderbolt 4, 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2.0 Four 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth display over HDMI 		March 18, 2022 macOS Monterey 12.3
64 256 8192 21.233 TFLOPS
M2 APL1109
T8112 		  TSMC N5P 20 billion
155.25 mm²
[174]		 Avalanche Blizzard 4 4 3.504 2.424 P-core:
16 MB

E-core:
4 MB 		8 MB Fifth generation Apple-designed 8 32 1024 1398 MHz 2.863 TFLOPS 16 15.8 TOPS 128-bit 2 channels
64-bit/channel 		102.4 GB/s 8 GB
16 GB[r]
24 GB[s]		 Thunderbolt 3
(Up to 40 Gbit/s)[t]

Thunderbolt 4
(Up to 40 Gbit/s)[u]		 iPad:
1 Thunderbolt/USB4

MacBook:
2 Thunderbolt/USB4

Mac mini:
2 Thunderbolt 4, 2 USB-A and 1 HDMI 2.0 		All:
One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt

Mac mini:
One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt
and one 5120 x 2880 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt

or

One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI 		July 15, 2022 macOS Monterey 12.4

iPadOS 16.1

macOS Ventura 13.2.1
(Current)

iPadOS 16.3.1
(Current)

10 40 1280 3.578 TFLOPS June 24, 2022
M2 Pro T6020 40 billion 6 P-core:
32 MB

E-core:
4 MB 		TBC 16 64 2048 5.726 TFLOPS 256-bit 4 channels
64-bit/channel 		204.8 GB/s 16 GB
32 GB[v]		 Thunderbolt 4
(Up to 40 Gbit/s) 		MacBook:
3 Thunderbolt 4, 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2.1

Mac mini:
4 Thunderbolt 4, 2 USB-A and 1 HDMI 2.1 		All:
One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth display over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 144 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI

or

One 3840 x 2160 at 240 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI

or

One 7680 x 4320 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI

or

MacBook:
Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt

Mac mini:
Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI 		January 17, 2023 macOS Ventura 13.2 Upcoming
8 19 76 2432 6.799 TFLOPS
M2 Max T6021 67 billion 3.667 TBC 30 120 3840 10.736 TFLOPS 512-bit 4 channels
128-bit/channel 		409.6 GB/s 32 GB
64 GB[w]
96 GB[x]		 MacBook:
3 Thunderbolt 4, 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2.1 		MacBook:
Three 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 144 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI

or

Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt
and one 3840 x 2160 at 240 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI

or

Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10-bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt
and one 7680 x 4320 at 60 Hz at 8-bit color depth display over HDMI
38 152 4864 13.599 TFLOPS
Name Codename
and part no. 		Image Process Transistor count
and die size 		CPU ISA P E P E P E L1 L2 L3 SLC Vendor Cores EU count ALU count Frequency FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channel
Bit per channel 		Memory type Theoretical
bandwidth 		Available capacity Thunderbolt USB Max External display First released date Initial Terminal
Codename Cores Clocks (GHz) Cache Ports
General Semiconductor technology CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology Connectivity Supported OS

S series

The Apple "S" series is a family of systems in a package (SiP) used in the Apple Watch and HomePod. It uses a customized application processor that together with memory, storage and support processors for wireless connectivity, sensors, and I/O form a complete computer in a single package. They are designed by Apple and manufactured by contract manufacturers such as Samsung.

Apple S1

Main article: Apple S1

The Apple S1 is an integrated computer. It includes memory, storage and support circuits like wireless modems and I/O controllers in a sealed integrated package. It was announced on September 9, 2014, as part of the "Wish we could say more" event. It was used in the first-generation Apple Watch.[177]

Apple S1P

Used in Apple Watch Series 1. It has a dual-core processor identical to the S2, with the exception of the built-in GPS receiver. It contains the same dual-core CPU with the same new GPU capabilities as the S2, making it about 50% faster than the S1.[178][179]

Apple S2

Main article: Apple S2

Used in the Apple Watch Series 2. It has a dual-core processor and a built-in GPS receiver. The S2's two cores deliver 50% higher performance and the GPU delivers twice as much as the predecessor,[180] and is similar in performance to the Apple S1P.[181]

Apple S3

Used in the Apple Watch Series 3. It has a dual-core processor that is 70% faster than the Apple S2 and a built-in GPS receiver.[182] There is also an option for a cellular modem and an internal eSIM module.[182] It also includes the W2 chip.[182] The S3 also contains a barometric altimeter, the W2 wireless connectivity processor, and in some models UMTS (3G) and LTE (4G) cellular modems served by a built-in eSIM.[182]

Apple S4

Used in the Apple Watch Series 4. It has a custom 64-bit dual-core processor based on the A12 with up to 2× faster performance. It also contains the W3 wireless chip, which supports Bluetooth 5. The S4 introduced 64-bit ARMv8 cores to the Apple Watch. The chip contains two Tempest cores,[183][184] which are the energy-efficient cores found in the A12. Despite the small size, Tempest still uses a 3-wide decode out-of-order superscalar design, which make them much more powerful than previous in-order cores.

The S4 contains a Neural Engine that is able to run Core ML.[185] Third-party apps can use it starting from watchOS 6. The SiP also includes new accelerometer and gyroscope functionality that has twice the dynamic range in measurable values of its predecessor, as well as being able to sample data at 8 times the speed.[186] It also contains a new custom GPU, which can use the Metal API.[187]

Apple S5

Used in the Apple Watch Series 5, Watch SE, and HomePod mini.[188] It adds a built-in magnetometer to the custom 64-bit dual-core processor and GPU of the S4.[189]

Apple S6

Used in the Apple Watch Series 6. It has a custom 64-bit dual-core processor that runs up to 20 percent faster than the S5.[190][191] The dual cores in the S6 are based on the A13's energy-efficient "little" Thunder cores at 1.8 GHz.[192] Like the S4 and S5, it also contains the W3 wireless chip.[191] The S6 adds the new U1 ultra wideband chip, an always-on altimeter, and 5 GHz WiFi.[190][191]

Apple S7

Used in the Apple Watch Series 7 and second-generation HomePod. The S7 has the same T8301 identifier and quoted performance as the S6.[193]

Apple S8

Used in the Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), Watch Series 8, and Watch Ultra. The S8 adds a new three-axis gyroscope and high g-force accelerometer.[194] It has the same T8301 identifier and quoted performance as the S6 and S7.[195]

List of processors

Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology Modem First Released Utilizing devices Initial OS Terminal OS
S1 APL
0778
[196]		   28 nm Hκ MG[197][198] 32 mm2[197] ARMv7k[198][199] 520 MHz single-core Cortex-A7[198] L1d: 32 KB[198]
L2: 256 KB[198]		 PowerVR Series 5[198][200] LPDDR3[201] April 2015 watchOS 1.0 watchOS 4.3.2
S1P TBC   TBC ARMv7k[202][203][180] 520 MHz dual-core Cortex-A7 without GPS[202] TBC PowerVR Series 6 'Rogue'[202] LPDDR3 September 2016 watchOS 3.0 watchOS 6.3
S2   520 MHz dual-core Cortex-A7[202]
S3   ARMv7k[204] Dual-core TBC LPDDR4 Qualcomm MDM9635M (Snapdragon X7 LTE) September 2017 watchOS 4.0 watchOS 8.7.1
S4   7 nm (TSMC N7) TBC ARMv8-A ILP32[205][206] 1.59 GHz Dual-core Tempest TBC Apple G11M[206] TBC September 2018 watchOS 5.0 watchOS 9.0 (Current)

audioOS 16.0 (Current)

S5   September 2019 watchOS 6.0

audioOS 14.2

S6   7 nm (TSMC N7P) TBC 1.8 GHz Dual-core Thunder TBC September 2020 watchOS 7.0
S7   October 2021 watchOS 8.0

audioOS 16.3

S8   September 2022 watchOS 9.0
Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology Modem First Released Utilizing devices Initial OS Terminal OS

T series

The T series chip operates as a secure enclave on Intel-based MacBook and iMac computers released from 2016 onwards. The chip processes and encrypts biometric information (Touch ID) and acts as a gatekeeper to the microphone and FaceTime HD camera, protecting them from hacking. The chip runs bridgeOS, a purported variant of watchOS.[207] The functions of the T series processor were built into the M series CPUs, thus ending the need for the T series.

Apple T1

The Apple T1 chip is an ARMv7 SoC (derived from the processor in the Apple Watch's S2) that drives the System Management Controller (SMC) and Touch ID sensor of the 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.[208]

Apple T2

Main article: Apple T2

The Apple T2 security chip is a SoC first released in the iMac Pro. It is a 64-bit ARMv8 chip (a variant of the A10 Fusion, or T8010), and runs bridgeOS.[209] It provides a secure enclave for encrypted keys, enables users to lock down the computer's boot process, handles system functions like the camera and audio control, and handles on-the-fly encryption and decryption for the solid-state drive.[210][211][212] T2 also delivers "enhanced imaging processing" for the iMac Pro's FaceTime HD camera.[213][214]

List of processors

Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology First Released
Memory bandwidth
T1 APL
1023
[215]		   Same as S2 TBC ARMv7 TBD November
12, 2016
T2 APL
1027
[216]		   TSMC 16 nm FinFET.[217] 104 mm2[217] ARMv8-A
ARMv7-A 		2× Hurricane
2× Zephyr
+ Cortex-A7 		L1i: 64 KB
L1d: 64 KB
L2: 3 MB[217]		 3× cores[217] LP-DDR4[217] December
14, 2017
Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory bandwidth First Released
Memory technology

U series

The Apple "U" series is a family of systems in a package (SiP) implementing ultra-wideband (UWB) radio.

Apple U1

The Apple U1 is used in the iPhone 11 series and later (excluding the second and third generation iPhone SE), Apple Watch Series 6 and newer, HomePod Mini, AirTag trackers and the charging case for AirPods Pro (2nd generation).[218]

List of processors

Name Model no. Image CPU Semiconductor technology First Released
U1 TMK

A75
[219]

   Cortex-M4
ARMv7E-M[220]		 16 nm FinFET
(TSMC 16FF) 		September
20, 2019
Name Model no. Image CPU Semiconductor technology First Released

W series

The Apple "W" series is a family of RF SoCs used for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Apple W1

The Apple W1 is a SoC used in the 2016 AirPods and select Beats headphones.[221][222] It maintains a Bluetooth[223] Class 1 connection with a computer device and decodes the audio stream that is sent to it.[224]

Apple W2

The Apple W2, used in the Apple Watch Series 3, is integrated into the Apple S3 SiP. Apple said the chip makes Wi-Fi 85% faster and allows Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to use half the power of the W1 implementation.[182]

Apple W3

The Apple W3 is used in the Apple Watch Series 4,[225] Series 5,[226] Series 6,[191] SE (1st generation),[191] Series 7, Series 8, SE (2nd generation), and Ultra. It is integrated into the Apple S4, S5, S6, S7 and S8 SiPs. It supports Bluetooth 5.0/5.3.

List of processors

Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache Memory technology Bluetooth First Released
Memory bandwidth
W1 343S00130[227]
343S00131[227]		   TBC 14.3
 mm2
[227]		 TBC 4.2 December
13, 2016
W2 338S00348[228]   TBC September
22, 2017
W3 338S00464[229]   5.0 September
21, 2018
5.3
Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache Memory bandwidth Bluetooth First Released
Memory technology

M-series coprocessors

Main article: Apple motion coprocessors

The Apple M-series coprocessors are motion coprocessors used by Apple Inc. in their mobile devices. First released in 2013, their function is to collect sensor data from integrated accelerometers, gyroscopes and compasses and offload the collecting and processing of sensor data from the main central processing unit (CPU).

Only the M7 and M8 coprocessors were housed on separate chips; the M9, M10, and M11 coprocessors were embedded in their corresponding A-series chips. Beginning with the A12 Bionic chip in 2018, the motion coprocessors were fully integrated into the SoC; this allowed Apple to reuse the "M"-series codename for their desktop SoCs.

List of coprocessors

Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology CPU ISA CPU First Released Utilizing devices
Apple M7 LPC18A1   90 nm ARMv7-M 150 MHz Cortex-M3 September
10, 2013
Apple M8 LPC18B1   September
9, 2014
Name Model no. Image Semiconductor technology CPU ISA CPU First Released Utilizing devices

Miscellaneous devices

This segment is about Apple-designed processors that are not easily sorted into another section.

Early series

See also: Early iPhone systems-on-chip

Apple first used SoCs in early versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch. They combine in one package a single ARM-based processing core (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and other electronics necessary for mobile computing.

The APL0098 (also 8900B[230] or S5L8900) is a package on package (PoP) system on a chip (SoC) that was introduced on June 29, 2007, at the launch of the original iPhone. It includes a 412 MHz single-core ARM11 CPU and a PowerVR MBX Lite GPU. It was manufactured by Samsung on a 90 nm process.[12] The iPhone 3G and the first-generation iPod Touch also use it.[231]

The APL0278[232] (also S5L8720) is a PoP SoC introduced on September 9, 2008, at the launch of the second-generation iPod Touch. It includes a 533 MHz single-core ARM11 CPU and a PowerVR MBX Lite GPU. It was manufactured by Samsung on a 65 nm process.[12][231]

The APL0298 (also S5L8920) is a PoP SoC introduced on June 8, 2009, at the launch of the iPhone 3GS. It includes a 600 MHz single-core Cortex-A8 CPU and a PowerVR SGX535 GPU. It was manufactured by Samsung on a 65 nm process.[107]

The APL2298 (also S5L8922) is a 45 nm die shrunk version of the iPhone 3GS SoC[12] and was introduced on September 9, 2009, at the launch of the third-generation iPod Touch.

Other

The Samsung S5L8747 is an ARM-based microcontroller used in Apple's Lightning Digital AV Adapter, a Lightning-to-HDMI adapter. This is a miniature computer with 256 MB RAM, running an XNU kernel loaded from the connected iOS device, then taking a serial signal from the iOS device translating that into a proper HDMI signal.[233][234]

Model no. Image First released CPU ISA Specs Application Utilizing devices Operating system
339S0196   September 2012 Unknown

ARM

256 MB
RAM 		Lightning to
HDMI conversion 		Apple Digital
AV Adapter 		XNU
Model no. Image First released CPU ISA Specs Application Utilizing devices Operating system

See also

Similar platforms

Notes

  1. ^ Could be referred to as "A1" though it is not labelled as such
  2. ^ iPhone (1st generation) and iPod touch (1st generation)
  3. ^ iPhone 3G and iPod touch (2nd generaiton)
  4. ^ Could be referred to as "A2" though it is not labelled as such
  5. ^ Sometimes referred to as "A3" though it is not labelled as such
  6. ^ iPad (1st generation)
  7. ^ iPod touch (5th generation), iPad 2 (Wi-Fi), iPad (3rd generation, Wi-Fi), iPad mini (1st generation, Wi-Fi)
  8. ^ iPhone 4S, iPad 2 (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (3rd generation, Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad mini (1st generation, Wi-Fi + Cellular)
  9. ^ iPhone 5C and iPad (4th generation, Wi-Fi)
  10. ^ iPhone 5 and iPad (4th generation, Wi-Fi + Cellular)
  11. ^ iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) with 1 TB and 2 TB storage, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) with 1 TB and 2 TB storage, online configured MacBook Air (M1) and online configured MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1)
  12. ^ Except iPad Air (5th generation)
  13. ^ Except iPad Air (5th generation)
  14. ^ Except iPad Air (5th generation) which only contains 1 USB-C
  15. ^ Online configured MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) and online configured MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021)
  16. ^ Online configured MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021), online configured MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021) and online configured Mac Studio
  17. ^ Online configured Mac Studio
  18. ^ iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) with 1 TB and 2 TB storage, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) with 1 TB and 2 TB storage, online configured MacBook Air (M2) and online configured MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2)
  19. ^ Online configured MacBook Air (M2) and online configured MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2)
  20. ^ iPad Pro, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13-inch
  21. ^ Mac mini (M2, 2023) only
  22. ^ Online configured Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023), online configured MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023) and online configured MacBook Pro 16-inch (2023)
  23. ^ Online configured MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023) and online configured MacBook Pro 16-inch (2023)
  24. ^ Online configured MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023) with 38-core GPU and online configured MacBook Pro 16-inch (2023) with 38-core GPU

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Apple silicon is a series of system on a chip SoC and system in a package SiP processors designed by Apple Inc mainly using the ARM architecture It is the basis of most new Mac computers as well as iPhone iPad iPod Touch Apple TV and Apple Watch and of products such as AirPods HomePod HomePod Mini and AirTag The A16 Bionic chip Apple announced its plan to switch Mac computers from Intel processors to Apple silicon at WWDC 2020 on June 22 2020 1 2 The first Macs built with the Apple M1 processor were unveiled on November 10 2020 As of January 2023 all newer Mac models are built with Apple silicon only the older model Mac Pro still uses Xeon processors 3 Apple fully controls the integration of Apple silicon chips with the company s hardware and software products Johny Srouji is in charge of Apple s silicon design 4 Manufacturing of the chips is outsourced to semiconductor contract manufacturers such as Samsung and TSMC Contents 1 A series 1 1 Apple A4 1 2 Apple A5 1 3 Apple A5X 1 4 Apple A6 1 5 Apple A6X 1 6 Apple A7 1 7 Apple A8 1 8 Apple A8X 1 9 Apple A9 1 10 Apple A9X 1 11 Apple A10 Fusion 1 12 Apple A10X Fusion 1 13 Apple A11 Bionic 1 14 Apple A12 Bionic 1 15 Apple A12X Bionic 1 15 1 Apple A12Z Bionic 1 16 Apple A13 Bionic 1 17 Apple A14 Bionic 1 18 Apple A15 Bionic 1 19 Apple A16 Bionic 1 20 List of processors 2 H series 2 1 Apple H1 2 2 Apple H2 2 3 List of processors 3 M series 3 1 Apple M1 3 1 1 Apple M1 Pro 3 1 2 Apple M1 Max 3 1 3 Apple M1 Ultra 3 2 Apple M2 3 2 1 Apple M2 Pro 3 2 2 Apple M2 Max 3 3 List of processors 4 S series 4 1 Apple S1 4 1 1 Apple S1P 4 2 Apple S2 4 3 Apple S3 4 4 Apple S4 4 5 Apple S5 4 6 Apple S6 4 7 Apple S7 4 8 Apple S8 4 9 List of processors 5 T series 5 1 Apple T1 5 2 Apple T2 5 3 List of processors 6 U series 6 1 Apple U1 6 2 List of processors 7 W series 7 1 Apple W1 7 2 Apple W2 7 3 Apple W3 7 4 List of processors 8 M series coprocessors 8 1 List of coprocessors 9 Miscellaneous devices 9 1 Early series 9 2 Other 10 See also 10 1 Similar platforms 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further readingA series EditEvolution of Apple A seriesA4March 12 2010 September 10 2013A5March 2 2011 October 4 2016A5XMarch 7 October 23 2012A6September 12 2012 September 9 2015A6XOctober 23 2012 October 22 2013March 18 October 16 2014A7September 10 2013 March 21 2017A8September 9 2014 October 18 2022A8XOctober 16 2014 March 21 2017A9September 9 2015 September 12 2018A9XNovember 9 2015 June 5 2017A10 FusionSeptember 7 2016 May 10 2022A10X FusionJune 5 2017 April 20 2021A11 BionicSeptember 12 2017 April 15 2020A12 BionicSeptember 12 2018 October 18 2022A12X BionicOctober 30 2018 March 18 2020A13 BionicSeptember 10 2019 presentA12Z BionicMarch 18 2020 April 20 2021A14 BionicSeptember 15 2020 presentA15 BionicSeptember 14 2021 presentA16 BionicSeptember 7 2022 presentThe A series is a family of SoCs used in the iPhone certain iPad models and the Apple TV A series chips were also used in the discontinued iPod Touch line and the original HomePod They integrate one or more ARM based processing cores CPU a graphics processing unit GPU cache memory and other electronics necessary to provide mobile computing functions within a single physical package 5 Apple A4 Edit Main article Apple A4 The Apple A4 is a PoP SoC manufactured by Samsung the first SoC Apple designed in house 6 It combines an ARM Cortex A8 CPU also used in Samsung s S5PC110A01 SoC 7 8 and a PowerVR SGX 535 graphics processor GPU 9 10 11 all built on Samsung s 45 nanometer silicon chip fabrication process 12 13 The design emphasizes power efficiency 14 The A4 commercially debuted in 2010 in Apple s iPad tablet 9 and was later used in the iPhone 4 smartphone 15 the fourth generation iPod Touch and the 2nd generation Apple TV 16 The Cortex A8 core used in the A4 dubbed Hummingbird is thought to use performance improvements developed by Samsung in collaboration with chip designer Intrinsity which was subsequently acquired by Apple 17 18 It can run at far higher clock rates than other Cortex A8 designs yet remains fully compatible with the design provided by ARM 19 The A4 runs at different speeds in different products 1 GHz in the first iPads 20 800 MHz in the iPhone 4 and fourth generation iPod Touch and an undisclosed speed in the 2nd generation Apple TV The A4 s SGX535 GPU could theoretically push 35 million polygons per second and 500 million pixels per second although real world performance may be considerably less 21 Other performance improvements include additional L2 cache The A4 processor package does not contain RAM but supports PoP installation The 1st generation iPad fourth generation iPod Touch 22 and the 2nd generation Apple TV 23 have an A4 mounted with two low power 128 MB DDR SDRAM chips totaling 256 MB while the iPhone 4 has two 256 MB packages for a total of 512 MB 24 25 26 The RAM is connected to the processor using ARM s 64 bit wide AMBA 3 AXI bus To give the iPad high graphics bandwidth the width of the RAM data bus is double that used in previous ARM11 and ARM9 based Apple devices 27 Apple A5 Edit Main article Apple A5 The Apple A5 is an SoC manufactured by Samsung 28 that replaced the A4 The chip commercially debuted with the release of Apple s iPad 2 tablet in March 2011 29 followed by its release in the iPhone 4S smartphone later that year Compared to the A4 the A5 CPU can do twice the work and the GPU has up to nine times the graphics performance 30 according to Apple The A5 contains a dual core ARM Cortex A9 CPU 31 with ARM s advanced SIMD extension marketed as NEON and a dual core PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU This GPU can push between 70 and 80 million polygons second and has a pixel fill rate of 2 billion pixels second The iPad 2 s technical specifications page says the A5 is clocked at 1 GHz 32 though it can adjust its frequency to save battery life 31 33 The clock speed of the unit used in the iPhone 4S is 800 MHz Like the A4 the A5 process size is 45 nm 34 An updated 32 nm version of the A5 processor was used in the 3rd generation Apple TV the fifth generation iPod Touch the iPad Mini and the new version of iPad 2 version iPad2 4 35 The chip in the Apple TV has one core locked 36 37 Markings on the square package indicate that it is named APL2498 and in software the chip is called S5L8942 The 32 nm variant of the A5 provides around 15 better battery life during web browsing 30 better when playing 3D games and about 20 better battery life during video playback 38 In March 2013 Apple released an updated version of the 3rd generation Apple TV Rev A model A1469 containing a smaller single core version of the A5 processor Unlike the other A5 variants this version of the A5 is not a PoP having no stacked RAM The chip is very small just 6 1 6 2 mm but as the decrease in size is not due to a decrease in feature size it is still on a 32 nm fabrication process this indicates that this A5 revision is of a new design 39 Markings tell that it is named APL7498 and in software the chip is called S5L8947 40 41 Apple A5X Edit Main article Apple A5X The Apple A5X is an SoC announced on March 7 2012 at the launch of the third generation iPad It is a high performance variant of the Apple A5 Apple claims it has twice the graphics performance of the A5 42 It was superseded in the fourth generation iPad by the Apple A6X processor The A5X has a quad core graphics unit PowerVR SGX543MP4 instead of the previous dual core as well as a quad channel memory controller that provides a memory bandwidth of 12 8 GB s roughly three times more than in the A5 The added graphics cores and extra memory channels add up to a very large die size of 165 mm 43 for example twice the size of Nvidia Tegra 3 44 This is mainly due to the large PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU The clock frequency of the dual ARM Cortex A9 cores have been shown to operate at the same 1 GHz frequency as in A5 45 The RAM in A5X is separate from the main CPU package 46 Apple A6 Edit Main article Apple A6 The Apple A6 is a PoP SoC introduced on September 12 2012 at the launch of the iPhone 5 then a year later was inherited by its minor successor the iPhone 5C Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics power compared to its predecessor the Apple A5 47 It is 22 smaller and draws less power than the 45 nm A5 48 The A6 is said to use a 1 3 GHz 49 custom 50 Apple designed ARMv7 based dual core CPU called Swift 51 rather than a licensed CPU from ARM like in previous designs and an integrated 266 MHz triple core PowerVR SGX 543MP3 52 graphics processing unit GPU The Swift core in the A6 uses a new tweaked instruction set ARMv7s featuring some elements of the ARM Cortex A15 such as support for the Advanced SIMD v2 and VFPv4 50 The A6 is manufactured by Samsung on a high k metal gate HKMG 32 nm process 53 Apple A6X Edit Main article Apple A6X Apple A6X is an SoC introduced at the launch of the fourth generation iPad on October 23 2012 It is a high performance variant of the Apple A6 Apple claims the A6X has twice the CPU performance and up to twice the graphics performance of its predecessor the Apple A5X 54 Like the A6 this SoC continues to use the dual core Swift CPU but it has a new quad core GPU quad channel memory and slightly higher 1 4 GHz CPU clock rate 55 It uses an integrated quad core PowerVR SGX 554MP4 graphics processing unit GPU running at 300 MHz and a quad channel memory subsystem 55 56 Compared to the A6 the A6X is 30 larger but it continues to be manufactured by Samsung on a high k metal gate HKMG 32 nm process 56 Apple A7 Edit Main article Apple A7 The Apple A7 is a 64 bit PoP SoC whose first appearance was in the iPhone 5S which was introduced on September 10 2013 The chip would also be used in the iPad Air iPad Mini 2 and iPad Mini 3 Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics power compared to its predecessor the Apple A6 57 The Apple A7 chip is the first 64 bit chip to be used in a smartphone and later a tablet computer 58 The A7 features an Apple designed 1 3 59 1 4 60 GHz 64 bit 61 ARMv8 A 62 63 dual core CPU 59 called Cyclone 62 and an integrated PowerVR G6430 GPU in a four cluster configuration 64 The ARMv8 A architecture doubles the number of registers of the A7 compared to the A6 65 It now has 31 general purpose registers that are each 64 bits wide and 32 floating point NEON registers that are each 128 bits wide 61 The A7 is manufactured by Samsung on a high k metal gate HKMG 28 nm process 66 and the chip includes over 1 billion transistors on a die 102 mm2 in size 59 Apple A8 Edit Main article Apple A8 The Apple A8 is a 64 bit PoP SoC manufactured by TSMC Its first appearance was in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus which were introduced on September 9 2014 67 A year later it would drive the iPad Mini 4 Apple states that it has 25 more CPU performance and 50 more graphics performance while drawing only 50 of the power compared to its predecessor the Apple A7 68 On February 9 2018 Apple released the HomePod which is powered by an Apple A8 with 1 GB of RAM 69 The A8 features an Apple designed 1 4 70 GHz 64 bit 71 ARMv8 A 71 dual core CPU and an integrated custom PowerVR GX6450 GPU in a four cluster configuration 70 The GPU features custom shader cores and compiler 72 The A8 is manufactured on a 20 nm process 73 by TSMC 74 which replaced Samsung as the manufacturer of Apple s mobile device processors It contains 2 billion transistors Despite that being double the number of transistors compared to the A7 its physical size has been reduced by 13 to 89 mm2 consistent with a shrink only not known to be a new microarchitecture 75 Apple A8X Edit Main article Apple A8X The Apple A8X is a 64 bit SoC introduced at the launch of the iPad Air 2 on October 16 2014 76 It is a high performance variant of the Apple A8 Apple states that it has 40 more CPU performance and 2 5 times the graphics performance of its predecessor the Apple A7 76 77 Unlike the A8 this SoC uses a triple core CPU a new octa core GPU dual channel memory and slightly higher 1 5 GHz CPU clock rate 78 It uses an integrated custom octa core PowerVR GXA6850 graphics processing unit GPU running at 450 MHz and a dual channel memory subsystem 78 It is manufactured by TSMC on their 20 nm fabrication process and consists of 3 billion transistors Apple A9 Edit Main article Apple A9 The Apple A9 is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus which were introduced on September 9 2015 79 Apple states that it has 70 more CPU performance and 90 more graphics performance compared to its predecessor the Apple A8 79 It is dual sourced a first for an Apple SoC it is manufactured by Samsung on their 14 nm FinFET LPE process and by TSMC on their 16 nm FinFET process It was subsequently included in the first generation iPhone SE and the iPad 5th generation The Apple A9 was the last CPU that Apple manufactured through a contract with Samsung as all A series chips after are manufactured by TSMC Apple A9X Edit Main article Apple A9X The Apple A9X is a 64 bit SoC that was announced on September 9 2015 and released on November 11 2015 and first appeared in the iPad Pro 80 It offers 80 more CPU performance and two times the GPU performance of its predecessor the Apple A8X It is manufactured by TSMC using a 16 nm FinFET process 81 Apple A10 Fusion Edit Main article Apple A10 The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus which were introduced on September 7 2016 82 The A10 is also featured in the sixth generation iPad seventh generation iPad and seventh generation iPod Touch 83 It has a new ARM big LITTLE quad core design with two high performance cores and two smaller highly efficient cores It is 40 faster than the A9 with 50 faster graphics It is manufactured by TSMC on their 16 nm FinFET process Apple A10X Fusion Edit Main article Apple A10X The Apple A10X Fusion is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the 10 5 iPad Pro and the second generation of the 12 9 iPad Pro which were both announced on June 5 2017 84 It is a variant of the A10 and Apple claims that it has 30 percent faster CPU performance and 40 percent faster GPU performance than its predecessor the A9X 84 On September 12 2017 Apple announced that the Apple TV 4K would be powered by an A10X chip It is made by TSMC on their 10 nm FinFET process 85 Apple A11 Bionic Edit Main article Apple A11 The Apple A11 Bionic is a 64 bit ARM based SoC 86 that first appeared in the iPhone 8 iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X which were introduced on September 12 2017 86 It has two high performance cores which are 25 faster than the A10 Fusion four high efficiency cores which are 70 faster than the energy efficient cores in the A10 and for the first time an Apple designed three core GPU with 30 faster graphics performance than the A10 86 87 It is also the first A series chip to feature Apple s Neural Engine which enhances artificial intelligence and machine learning processes 88 Apple A12 Bionic Edit Main article Apple A12 The Apple A12 Bionic is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone XS XS Max and XR which were introduced on September 12 2018 It is also used in the third generation iPad Air fifth generation iPad Mini and the eighth generation iPad It has two high performance cores which are 15 faster than the A11 Bionic and four high efficiency cores which have 50 lower power usage than the energy efficient cores in the A11 Bionic 89 The A12 is manufactured by TSMC 90 using a 7 nm 91 FinFET process the first to ship in a smartphone 92 90 It is also used in the 6th generation Apple TV Apple A12X Bionic Edit Main article Apple A12X The Apple A12X Bionic is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the 11 0 iPad Pro and the third generation of the 12 9 iPad Pro which were both announced on October 30 2018 93 It offers 35 faster single core and 90 faster multi core CPU performance than its predecessor the A10X It has four high performance cores and four high efficiency cores The A12X is manufactured by TSMC using a 7 nm FinFET process Apple A12Z Bionic Edit The Apple A12Z Bionic is an updated version of the A12X Bionic first appearing in the fourth generation iPad Pro which was announced on March 18 2020 94 It adds an additional GPU core compared to the A12X for improved graphics performance 95 The A12Z is also used in the Developer Transition Kit prototype computer that helps developers prepare their software for Macs based on Apple silicon 96 Apple A13 Bionic Edit Main article Apple A13 The Apple A13 Bionic is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 11 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max which were introduced on September 10 2019 It is also featured in the second generation iPhone SE released April 15 2020 the 9th generation iPad announced September 14 2021 and in the Studio Display announced March 8 2022 The entire A13 SoC features a total of 18 cores a six core CPU four core GPU and an eight core Neural Engine processor which is dedicated to handling on board machine learning processes four of the six cores on the CPU are low powered cores that are dedicated to handling less CPU intensive operations such as voice calls browsing the Web and sending messages while two higher performance cores are used only for more CPU intensive processes such as recording 4K video or playing a video game 97 Apple A14 Bionic Edit Main article Apple A14 The Apple A14 Bionic is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the fourth generation iPad Air and iPhone 12 released on October 23 2020 It is the first commercially available 5 nm chipset and it contains 11 8 billion transistors and a 16 core AI processor 98 It includes Samsung LPDDR4X DRAM a 6 core CPU and 4 Core GPU with real time machine learning capabilities It was later used in the tenth generation iPad released on October 26 2022 Apple A15 Bionic Edit Main article Apple A15 The Apple A15 Bionic is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 13 unveiled on September 14 2021 The A15 is built on a 5 nanometer manufacturing process with 15 billion transistors It has 2 high performance processing cores 4 high efficiency cores a new 5 core graphics for iPhone 13 Pro series 4 core for iPhone 13 and 13 mini processing unit and a new 16 core Neural Engine capable of 15 8 trillion operations per second 99 100 It is also used in the iPhone SE 3rd generation iPhone 14 iPhone 14 Plus and iPad Mini 6 101 Apple A16 Bionic Edit Main article Apple A16 The Apple A16 Bionic is a 64 bit ARM based SoC that first appeared in the iPhone 14 Pro unveiled on September 7 2022 The A16 has 16 billion transistors and is built on TSMC s N4 fabrication process being touted by Apple as the first 4 nm processor in a smartphone 102 103 However N4 is an enhanced version of N5 technology a de facto third generation 5 nm manufacturing process 104 105 106 The chip has 2 high performance processing cores 4 high efficiency cores and 5 core graphics for iPhone 14 Pro series Memory is upgraded to LPDDR5 for 50 higher bandwidth and a 7 faster 16 core Neural Engine capable of 17 trillion operations per second List of processors Edit General Image Semiconductor technology Computer architecture CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology First released date Supported OSName Codename Part No Node Manufacturer Transistors count Die size CPU ISA Bit width Performance core Efficiency core Overall cores Cache Vendor Cores SIMD EU count FP32 ALU count Frequency FP32 FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channelBit per channel Memory type Theoreticalbandwidth Available capacity Initial TerminalCore name Cores Core speed Core name Cores Core speed L1 L2 L3 SLC a APL0098 S5L8900 90 nm 107 Samsung 72 mm2 12 ARMv6 32 bit ARM11 1 412 MHz Single core L1i 16 KBL1d 16 KB PowerVR MBX Lite 1 1 8 60 MHz 103 MHz 0 96 GFLOPS 1 64 GFLOPS 16 bit 1 channel16 bit channel LPDDR 266 133 MHz 533 MB s 128 MB June 29 2007 iPhone OS 1 0 iPhone OS 3 1 3 b iOS 4 2 1 c d APL0278 S5L8720 65 nm 12 36 mm2 12 533 MHz 103 MHz 133 MHz 1 64 GFLOPs 2 12 GFLOPS 32 bit 1 channel32 bit channel 1066 MB s September 9 2008 iPhone OS 2 1 1 e APL0298 S5L8920 71 8 mm2 13 ARMv7 Cortex A8 600 MHz L1i 32 KBL1d 32 KB 256 KB PowerVR SGX535 108 2 16 200 MHz 6 4 GFLOPS LPDDR 400 200 MHz 1 6 GB s 256 MB June 19 2009 iPhone OS 3 0 iOS 6 1 6APL2298 S5L8922 45 nm 12 13 34 41 6 mm2 12 September 9 2009 iPhone OS 3 1 1 iOS 5 1 1A4 APL0398 S5L8930 53 3 mm2 12 13 800 MHz 512 KB 200 MHz 250 MHz 6 4 GFLOPS 8 0 GFLOPS 64 bit 2 channels32 bit channel 3 2 GB s April 3 2010 iPhone OS 3 2Apple TV Software 4 0 iOS 6 1 61 0 GHz iOS 5 1 1 f Apple TV Software 6 2 1800 MHz 512 MB iOS 7 1 2A5 APL0498 S5L8940 122 2 mm2 34 Cortex A9 2 800 MHz Dual core 1 MB PowerVR SGX543 109 52 2 4 32 200 MHz 12 8 GFLOPS LPDDR2 800 400 MHz 6 4 GB s March 11 2011 iOS 4 3 iOS 9 3 5 g iOS 9 3 6 h Apple TV Software 7 6 21 0 GHzAPL2498 S5L8942 32 nmHk MG 35 41 69 6 mm2 35 800 MHz March 7 2012 iOS 5 11 0 GHz2 One core locked Dual coreSingle core in actual Apple TV Software 5 0APL7498 S5L8947 37 8 mm2 41 1 Single core January 28 2013 Apple TV Software 5 2A5X APL5498 S5L8945 45 nm 12 13 34 165 mm2 43 2 Dual core 4 8 64 25 6 GFLOPS 128 bit 4 channels32 bit channel 12 8 GB s 1 GB March 16 2012 iOS 5 1A6 APL0598 S5L8950 32 nmHk MG 53 110 56 96 71 mm2 53 110 ARMv7s 111 Swift 50 1 3 GHz 112 3 6 48 266 MHz 68 0 GFLOPS 64 bit 2 channels32 bit channel LPDDR2 1066 533 MHz 8 5 GB s September 21 2012 iOS 6 0 iOS 10 3 3 i iOS 10 3 4 j A6X APL5598 S5L8955 123 mm2 56 1 4 GHz 55 PowerVR SGX554 55 113 4 16 128 300 MHz 76 8 GFLOPS 128 bit 4 channels32 bit channel 17 0 GB s November 2 2012A7 APL0698 S5L8960 28 nmHk MG 66 114 1 billion 102 mm2 61 114 ARMv8 0 A 62 70 64 bit Cyclone 1 3 GHz L1i 64 KBL1d 64 KB 4 MB Inclusive 62 115 60 PowerVR G6430 64 113 450 MHz 115 2 GFLOPS 64 bit 1 channel64 bit channel LPDDR3 1600 800 MHz 12 8 GB s September 20 2013 iOS 7 0 iOS 12 5 7APL5698 S5L8965 1 4 GHz November 1 2013 iOS 7 0 3A8 APL1011 T7000 20 nmHk MG 71 70 TSMC 2 billion 89 mm2 116 78 117 Typhoon 1 1 GHz PowerVR GX6450 72 118 119 533 MHz 136 4 GFLOPS September 19 2014 iOS 8 01 4 GHzaudioOS 11 0 HomePod Software 15 6 Current 1 5 GHz 2 GB iOS 8 0tvOS 9 0 iPadOS 15 7 3 Current tvOS 16 2 Current A8X APL1021 T7001 3 billion 128 mm2 78 3 1 5 GHz 3 core 2 MB PowerVR GX6850 72 78 117 8 32 256 450 MHz 230 4 GFLOPS 128 bit 2 channels64 bit channel 25 6 GB s October 22 2014 iOS 8 1 iPadOS 15 7 3 Current A9 APL0898 S8000 14 nmFinFET 120 Samsung 2 billion 96 mm2 121 Twister 2 1 85 GHz 122 123 Dual core 3 MB 4 MB Victim 115 124 PowerVR GT7600 72 125 6 24 192 650 MHz 249 6 GFLOPS 64 bit 1 channel64 bit channel LPDDR4 3200 1600 MHz September 25 2015 iOS 9 0 iOS 15 7 3 Current iPadOS 16 3 1 Current tvOS 16 2 Current APL1022 S8003 16 nmFinFET 121 126 127 TSMC 104 5 mm2 121 A9X APL1021 S8001 3 billion 143 9 mm2 126 85 2 16 GHz 128 129 115 126 PowerVR GT7850 72 126 12 48 384 650 MHz 499 2 GFLOPS 128 bit 64 bit in actual 2 channels one channel is unused 64 bit channel November 11 2015 iOS 9 12 26 GHz 128 bit 2 channels64 bit channel 51 2 GB s 4 GBA10 Fusion APL1W24 T8010 3 3 billion 125 mm2 127 ARMv8 1 A Hurricane 2 1 64 GHz Zephyr 2 1 09 GHz Quad core Only 2 cores performed at a same time P core L1i 64 KBL1d 64 KBE core L1i 32 KBL1d 32KB P core 3 MBE core 1 MB 4 MB PowerVR GT7600 Plus 130 72 131 132 6 24 192 900 MHz 345 6 GFLOPS 64 bit 1 channel64 bit channel 25 6 GB s 2 GB September 16 2016 iOS 10 02 34 GHz3 GBA10X Fusion APL1071 T8011 10 nmFinFET 85 4 billion 96 4 mm2 85 3 2 38 GHz 3 1 30 GHz 6 core Only 3 cores performed at a same time P core 8 MBE core 1 MB 133 134 4 MB 12 48 384 1000 MHz 768 0 GFLOPS 128 bit 2 channels64 bit channel 51 2 GB s 3 GB June 13 2017 tvOS 11 04 GB iOS 10 3 2A11Bionic APL1W72 T8015 4 3 billion 87 66 mm2 135 ARMv8 2 A 136 Monsoon 2 2 39 GHz Mistral 4 1 19 GHz 6 core First generation Apple designed 3 12 192 1066 MHz 409 3 GFLOPS 2 600 billion OPS 64 bit 1 channel64 bit channel LPDDR4X 4266 2133 MHz 34 1 GB s 2 GB September 22 2017 iOS 11 0 iOS 16 3 1 Current iPadOS 16 3 1 Current tvOS 16 2 Current 3 GBA12Bionic APL1W81 T8020 7 nm N7 FinFET 6 9 billion 83 27 mm2 137 ARMv8 3 A 138 Vortex 2 49 GHz Tempest 1 59 GHz P core L1i 128 KBL1d 128 KBE core L1i 32 KBL1d 32KB P core 8 MBE core 2 MB 8 MB Second generation Apple designed Apple G11P 4 16 256 1125 MHz 576 0 GFLOPS 8 5 TOPS September 21 2018 iOS 12 0tvOS 14 54 GBA12X Bionic APL1083 T8027 10 billion 135 mm2 139 4 8 core Second generation Apple designed Apple G11G 7 28 448 1125 MHz 1 008 TFLOPS 128 bit 2 channels64 bit channel 68 2 GB s November 7 2018 iOS 12 16 GBA12Z Bionic 8 32 512 1 152 TFLOPS March 25 2020 iPadOS 13 416 GB June 22 2020 macOS Big Sur 11 0 Beta 1 macOS Big Sur 11 3 Beta 2A13Bionic APL1W85 T8030 7 nm N7P FinFET 8 5 billion 98 48 mm2 140 ARMv8 4 A 141 Lightning 2 2 65 GHz Thunder 1 72 GHz 6 core P core L1i 192 KBL1d 128 KBE core L1i 96 KBL1d 48 KB P core 8 MBE core 4 MB 16 MB Third generation Apple designed 142 4 16 256 1230 MHz 630 GFLOPS 5 5 TOPS 64 bit 1 channel64 bit channel 34 1 GB s 3 GB September 20 2019 iOS 13 0iPadOS 13 0 iOS 16 3 1 Current iPadOS 16 3 1 Current 4 GBA14Bionic APL1W01 T8101 5 nm N5 FinFET 11 8 billion 88 mm2 143 ARMv8 5 A 144 Firestorm 3 00 GHz Icestorm 1 82 GHz P core L1i 192 KBL1d 128 KBE core L1i 128 KBL1d 64 KB Fourth generation Apple designed 145 142 146 147 16 256 1278 MHz 654 GFLOPS 16 11 TOPS October 23 2020 iOS 14 0iPadOS 14 06 GBA15Bionic APL1W07 148 T8110 5 nm N5P FinFET 15 billion 107 68 mm2 148 Avalanche 3 24 GHz Blizzard 2 02 GHz P core 12 MBE core 4 MB 32 MB Fifth generation Apple designed 149 150 151 16 152 512 152 1338 MHz 152 153 1 370 TFLOPS 15 8 TOPS 4 GB September 24 2021 iOS 15 0iPadOS 15 02 93 GHz 5 20 153 640 153 1 713 TFLOPS3 24 GHz 6 GBA16Bionic APL1W10 154 T8120 5 nm N4P FinFET 104 105 106 103 155 16 billion ARMv8 6 A 156 Everest 157 158 3 46 GHz Sawtooth 157 158 P core 16 MBE core 4 MB 159 24 MB 159 Sixth generation Apple designed 20 160 640 160 1398 MHz 160 1 789 TFLOPS 160 17 TOPS LPDDR5 6400 3200 MHz 51 2 GB s September 7 2022 iOS 16 0Name Codename Part No Image Node Manufacturer Transistors count Die size CPU ISA Bit width Core name Cores Core speed Core name Cores Core speed Overall cores L1 L2 L3 SLC Vendor Cores EU count ALU count Frequency FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channelBit per channel Memory type Theoreticalbandwidth Available capacity First released date Initial TerminalPerformance core Efficiency core CacheGeneral Semiconductor technology Computer architecture CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology Supported OSH series EditThe Apple H series is a family of SoCs with low power audio processing and wireless connectivity for use in headphones Apple H1 Edit The Apple H1 chip was first used in the 2019 version of AirPods and was later used in the Powerbeats Pro the Beats Solo Pro Beat Fit Pro the AirPods Pro the 2020 Powerbeats AirPods Max 161 and the AirPods 3rd generation Specifically designed for headphones it has Bluetooth 5 0 supports hands free Hey Siri commands 162 and offers 30 percent lower latency than the W1 chip used in earlier AirPods 163 Apple H2 Edit The Apple H2 chip was first used in the 2022 version of AirPods Pro It has Bluetooth 5 3 and implements 48 kHz noise reduction in hardware List of processors Edit Name Model no Image Bluetooth First ReleasedH1 343S00289 164 AirPods 2nd Generation 343S00290 165 AirPods 2nd Generation 343S00404 166 AirPods Max H1 SiP 167 AirPods Pro 5 0 March 20 2019H2 AirPods Pro 2nd generation 5 3 September 7 2022M series EditThe Apple M series is a family of systems on a chip SoC used in Mac computers from November 2020 or later iPad Pro tablets from April 2021 or later and iPad Air tablets from March 2022 or later The M designation was previously used for Apple motion coprocessors Evolution of Apple M seriesM1November 10 2020 presentM1 ProOctober 18 2021 January 17 2023M1 MaxOctober 18 2021 presentM1 UltraMarch 8 2022 presentM2June 6 2022 presentM2 ProJanuary 17 2023 presentM2 MaxJanuary 17 2023 presentApple M1 Edit Main article Apple M1 The M1 Apple s first system on a chip designed for use in Macs is manufactured using TSMC s 5 nm process Announced on November 10 2020 it is used in the MacBook Air M1 2020 Mac mini M1 2020 MacBook Pro 13 inch M1 2020 iMac 24 inch M1 2021 iPad Pro 5th generation and iPad Air 5th generation It comes with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores for a total of 8 CPU cores It comes with up to 8 GPU cores with the entry level MacBook Air having only 7 GPU cores The M1 has 16 billion transistors 168 Apple M1 Pro Edit The M1 Pro is a more powerful version of the M1 with six to eight performance cores two efficiency cores 14 to 16 GPU cores 16 Neural Engine cores up to 32 GB unified RAM with up to 200 GB s memory bandwidth and more than double the transistors It was announced on October 18 2021 and is used in the 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro Apple said the CPU performance is about 70 faster than the M1 and that its GPU performance is about double Apple claims the M1 Pro can deliver up to 20 streams of 4K or 7 streams of 8K ProRes video playback up from 6 offered by Afterburner card for 2019 Mac Pro Apple M1 Max Edit The M1 Max is a larger version of the M1 Pro chip with eight performance cores two efficiency cores 24 to 32 GPU cores 16 Neural Engine cores up to 64 GB unified RAM with up to 400 GB s memory bandwidth and more than double the number of transistors It was announced on October 18 2021 and is used in the 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro as well as the Mac Studio Apple says it has 57 billion transistors 169 Apple claims the M1 Max can deliver up to 30 streams of 4K up from 23 offered by Afterburner card for 2019 Mac Pro or 7 streams of 8K ProRes video playback Apple M1 Ultra Edit The M1 Ultra consists of two M1 Max dies connected together by a silicon interposer through Apple s UltraFusion technology 170 It has 114 billion transistors 16 performance cores 4 efficiency cores 48 to 64 GPU cores and 32 Neural Engine cores it can be configured with up to 128 GB unified RAM of 800 GB s memory bandwidth It was announced on March 8 2022 as an optional upgrade for the Mac Studio Apple claims the M1 Ultra can deliver up to 18 streams of 8K ProRes video playback 171 Apple M2 Edit Main article Apple M2 Apple announced the M2 SoC on June 6 2022 at WWDC along with the new MacBook Air and the new 13 inch MacBook Pro and later the iPad Pro 6th generation It is the successor to the Apple M1 The M2 is made with TSMC s Enhanced 5 nanometer technology N5P process and contains 20 billion transistors a 25 increase from the previous generation M1 The M2 can be configured with up to 24 gigabytes of RAM and 2 terabytes of storage It has 8 CPU cores 4 performance and 4 efficiency and up to 10 GPU cores The M2 also increases the memory bandwidth to 100 GB s Apple claims CPU improvements up to 18 and GPU improvements up to 35 compared to the previous M1 172 Apple M2 Pro Edit The M2 Pro is a more powerful version of the M2 with six to eight performance cores four efficiency cores 16 to 19 core GPU 16 Apple Next Generation Neural Engine cores up to 32 GBs of unified RAM with up to 200 GB s memory bandwidth and over 40 billion transistors 20 percent more than the M1 Pro and twice the M2 It was announced on January 17 2023 in a press release and it is used in the 14 and 16 inch 2023 MacBook Pro Apple silicon as well as the Mac Mini Apple claims the CPU performance on the M2 Pro is 20 percent faster than the M1 Pro and the GPU is 30 percent faster than the one on the M1 Pro 173 Apple M2 Max Edit The M2 Max is a larger more powerful version of the M2 Pro with eight performance cores four efficiency cores 30 to 38 core GPU 16 Apple Next Generation Neural Engine cores up to 96GBs of unified RAM with up to 400 GB s memory bandwidth and over 67 billion transistors 10 billion more than the M1 Max and 3x the M2 It was announced on January 17 2023 in a press release and it is used in the 14 and 16 inch 2023 MacBook Pro Apple silicon Apple claims the CPU performance on the M2 Max is 20 percent faster that M1 Max and the GPU is 30 percent faster than the M1 Max According to Apple the M2 Max is the most powerful and efficient chip in a pro laptop 173 List of processors Edit General Semiconductor technology CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology Connectivity First released date Supported OSName Codenameand part no Image Process Transistor countand die size CPU ISA Codename Cores Clocks GHz Cache Vendor Cores SIMD EU count FP32 ALU count Frequency FP32 FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channelBit per channel Memory type Theoreticalbandwidth Available capacity Ports External display Initial TerminalP E P E P E L1 L2 L3 SLC Thunderbolt USB MaxM1 APL1102T8103 TSMC N5 16 billion118 91 mm 174 ARMv8 5 A Firestorm Icestorm 4 4 3 204 2 064 P core L1i 192 KBL1d 128 KBE core L1i 128 KBL1d 64 KB P core 12 MBE core 4 MB 8 MB Fourth generation Apple designed 7 28 896 1278 MHz 2 290 TFLOPS 16 11 TOPS 128 bit 2 channels64 bit channel LPDDR4X 4266 2133 MHz 66 67 GB s 8 GB16 GB k Thunderbolt 3 Up to 40 Gbit s l USB4 Up to 40 Gbit s m USB 3 1 Gen 2 Up to 10 Gbit s iPad 1 Thunderbolt USB4 n MacBook and Mac Desktop 2 Thunderbolt USB4iMac 4 ports Additional 2 USB CMac mini Additional 2 USB A and 1 HDMI 2 0 All One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over Thunderbolt USB CMac mini One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over Thunderbolt and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMI November 10 2020 macOS Big Sur 11 0iPadOS 14 5 macOS Ventura 13 2 1 Current iPadOS 16 3 1 Current 8 32 1024 2 617 TFLOPSM1 Pro APL1103T6000 33 7 billion 245 mm 175 6 2 3 228 P core 24 MBE core 4 MB 24 MB 14 56 1792 1296 MHz 4 644 TFLOPS 256 bit 2 channels128 bit channel LPDDR5 6400 3200 MHz 204 8 GB s 16 GB32 GB o Thunderbolt 4 Up to 40 Gbit s MacBook 3 Thunderbolt 4 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2 0 Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderboltor One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth display over Thunderbolt and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth display over HDMI October 26 2021 macOS Monterey 12 0 macOS Ventura 13 2 1 Current 816 64 2048 5 308 TFLOPSM1 Max APL1105T6001 176 57 billion 432 mm 175 48 MB 24 96 3072 7 962 TFLOPS 512 bit 4 channels128 bit channel 409 6 GB s 32 GB64 GB p MacBook 3 Thunderbolt 4 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2 0Mac Studio 4 Thunderbolt 4 2 USB C 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2 0 MacBook Three 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderboltand one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth display over HDMIMac Studio Four 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderboltand one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth display over HDMI32 128 4096 10 616 TFLOPSM1 Ultra APL1W06T6002 114 billion 864 mm 16 4 P core 48 MBE core 8 MB 96 MB 48 192 6144 15 925 TFLOPS 32 22 TOPS 1024 bit 8 channels128 bit channel 819 2 GB s 64 GB128 GB q 6 Thunderbolt 4 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2 0 Four 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderboltand one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth display over HDMI March 18 2022 macOS Monterey 12 364 256 8192 21 233 TFLOPSM2 APL1109T8112 TSMC N5P 20 billion155 25 mm 174 Avalanche Blizzard 4 4 3 504 2 424 P core 16 MBE core 4 MB 8 MB Fifth generation Apple designed 8 32 1024 1398 MHz 2 863 TFLOPS 16 15 8 TOPS 128 bit 2 channels64 bit channel 102 4 GB s 8 GB16 GB r 24 GB s Thunderbolt 3 Up to 40 Gbit s t Thunderbolt 4 Up to 40 Gbit s u iPad 1 Thunderbolt USB4MacBook 2 Thunderbolt USB4Mac mini 2 Thunderbolt 4 2 USB A and 1 HDMI 2 0 All One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over ThunderboltMac mini One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over Thunderboltand one 5120 x 2880 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over ThunderboltorOne 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over Thunderboltand one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMI July 15 2022 macOS Monterey 12 4 iPadOS 16 1 macOS Ventura 13 2 1 Current iPadOS 16 3 1 Current 10 40 1280 3 578 TFLOPS June 24 2022M2 Pro T6020 40 billion 6 P core 32 MBE core 4 MB TBC 16 64 2048 5 726 TFLOPS 256 bit 4 channels64 bit channel 204 8 GB s 16 GB32 GB v Thunderbolt 4 Up to 40 Gbit s MacBook 3 Thunderbolt 4 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2 1Mac mini 4 Thunderbolt 4 2 USB A and 1 HDMI 2 1 All One 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth display over Thunderbolt and one 3840 x 2160 at 144 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMIorOne 3840 x 2160 at 240 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMIorOne 7680 x 4320 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMIorMacBook Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over ThunderboltMac mini Two 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderbolt and one 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMI January 17 2023 macOS Ventura 13 2 Upcoming8 19 76 2432 6 799 TFLOPSM2 Max T6021 67 billion 3 667 TBC 30 120 3840 10 736 TFLOPS 512 bit 4 channels128 bit channel 409 6 GB s 32 GB64 GB w 96 GB x MacBook 3 Thunderbolt 4 1 SDXC slot and 1 HDMI 2 1 MacBook Three 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderboltand one 3840 x 2160 at 144 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMIorTwo 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderboltand one 3840 x 2160 at 240 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMIorTwo 6016 x 3384 at 60 Hz at 10 bit color depth displays over Thunderboltand one 7680 x 4320 at 60 Hz at 8 bit color depth display over HDMI38 152 4864 13 599 TFLOPSName Codenameand part no Image Process Transistor countand die size CPU ISA P E P E P E L1 L2 L3 SLC Vendor Cores EU count ALU count Frequency FLOPS Cores OPS Memory bus width Total channelBit per channel Memory type Theoreticalbandwidth Available capacity Thunderbolt USB Max External display First released date Initial TerminalCodename Cores Clocks GHz Cache PortsGeneral Semiconductor technology CPU GPU AI accelerator Memory technology Connectivity Supported OSS series EditEvolution of Apple S seriesS1September 9 2014 September 7 2016S1P September 7 2016 September 12 2018S2September 7 2016 September 12 2017S3September 12 2017 September 7 2022S4September 12 2018 September 10 2019S5September 10 2019 presentS6September 15 2020 September 14 2021S7September 14 2021 September 7 2022January 18 2023 presentS8September 7 2022 presentThe Apple S series is a family of systems in a package SiP used in the Apple Watch and HomePod It uses a customized application processor that together with memory storage and support processors for wireless connectivity sensors and I O form a complete computer in a single package They are designed by Apple and manufactured by contract manufacturers such as Samsung Apple S1 Edit Main article Apple S1 The Apple S1 is an integrated computer It includes memory storage and support circuits like wireless modems and I O controllers in a sealed integrated package It was announced on September 9 2014 as part of the Wish we could say more event It was used in the first generation Apple Watch 177 Apple S1P Edit Used in Apple Watch Series 1 It has a dual core processor identical to the S2 with the exception of the built in GPS receiver It contains the same dual core CPU with the same new GPU capabilities as the S2 making it about 50 faster than the S1 178 179 Apple S2 Edit Main article Apple S2 Used in the Apple Watch Series 2 It has a dual core processor and a built in GPS receiver The S2 s two cores deliver 50 higher performance and the GPU delivers twice as much as the predecessor 180 and is similar in performance to the Apple S1P 181 Apple S3 Edit Used in the Apple Watch Series 3 It has a dual core processor that is 70 faster than the Apple S2 and a built in GPS receiver 182 There is also an option for a cellular modem and an internal eSIM module 182 It also includes the W2 chip 182 The S3 also contains a barometric altimeter the W2 wireless connectivity processor and in some models UMTS 3G and LTE 4G cellular modems served by a built in eSIM 182 Apple S4 Edit Used in the Apple Watch Series 4 It has a custom 64 bit dual core processor based on the A12 with up to 2 faster performance It also contains the W3 wireless chip which supports Bluetooth 5 The S4 introduced 64 bit ARMv8 cores to the Apple Watch The chip contains two Tempest cores 183 184 which are the energy efficient cores found in the A12 Despite the small size Tempest still uses a 3 wide decode out of order superscalar design which make them much more powerful than previous in order cores The S4 contains a Neural Engine that is able to run Core ML 185 Third party apps can use it starting from watchOS 6 The SiP also includes new accelerometer and gyroscope functionality that has twice the dynamic range in measurable values of its predecessor as well as being able to sample data at 8 times the speed 186 It also contains a new custom GPU which can use the Metal API 187 Apple S5 Edit Used in the Apple Watch Series 5 Watch SE and HomePod mini 188 It adds a built in magnetometer to the custom 64 bit dual core processor and GPU of the S4 189 Apple S6 Edit Used in the Apple Watch Series 6 It has a custom 64 bit dual core processor that runs up to 20 percent faster than the S5 190 191 The dual cores in the S6 are based on the A13 s energy efficient little Thunder cores at 1 8 GHz 192 Like the S4 and S5 it also contains the W3 wireless chip 191 The S6 adds the new U1 ultra wideband chip an always on altimeter and 5 GHz WiFi 190 191 Apple S7 Edit Used in the Apple Watch Series 7 and second generation HomePod The S7 has the same T8301 identifier and quoted performance as the S6 193 Apple S8 Edit Used in the Apple Watch SE 2nd generation Watch Series 8 and Watch Ultra The S8 adds a new three axis gyroscope and high g force accelerometer 194 It has the same T8301 identifier and quoted performance as the S6 and S7 195 List of processors Edit Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology Modem First Released Utilizing devices Initial OS Terminal OSS1 APL0778 196 28 nm Hk MG 197 198 32 mm2 197 ARMv7k 198 199 520 MHz single core Cortex A7 198 L1d 32 KB 198 L2 256 KB 198 PowerVR Series 5 198 200 LPDDR3 201 April 2015 Apple Watch 1st generation watchOS 1 0 watchOS 4 3 2S1P TBC TBC ARMv7k 202 203 180 520 MHz dual core Cortex A7 without GPS 202 TBC PowerVR Series 6 Rogue 202 LPDDR3 September 2016 Apple Watch Series 1 watchOS 3 0 watchOS 6 3S2 520 MHz dual core Cortex A7 202 Apple Watch Series 2S3 ARMv7k 204 Dual core TBC LPDDR4 Qualcomm MDM9635M Snapdragon X7 LTE September 2017 Apple Watch Series 3 watchOS 4 0 watchOS 8 7 1S4 7 nm TSMC N7 TBC ARMv8 A ILP32 205 206 1 59 GHz Dual core Tempest TBC Apple G11M 206 TBC September 2018 Apple Watch Series 4 watchOS 5 0 watchOS 9 0 Current audioOS 16 0 Current S5 September 2019 Apple Watch SE Apple Watch Series 5 HomePod Mini watchOS 6 0 audioOS 14 2S6 7 nm TSMC N7P TBC 1 8 GHz Dual core Thunder TBC September 2020 Apple Watch Series 6 watchOS 7 0S7 October 2021 Apple Watch Series 7 HomePod 2nd generation watchOS 8 0 audioOS 16 3S8 September 2022 Apple Watch SE 2nd generation Apple Watch Series 8 Apple Watch Ultra watchOS 9 0Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology Modem First Released Utilizing devices Initial OS Terminal OST series EditThe T series chip operates as a secure enclave on Intel based MacBook and iMac computers released from 2016 onwards The chip processes and encrypts biometric information Touch ID and acts as a gatekeeper to the microphone and FaceTime HD camera protecting them from hacking The chip runs bridgeOS a purported variant of watchOS 207 The functions of the T series processor were built into the M series CPUs thus ending the need for the T series Apple T1 Edit The Apple T1 chip is an ARMv7 SoC derived from the processor in the Apple Watch s S2 that drives the System Management Controller SMC and Touch ID sensor of the 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar 208 Apple T2 Edit Main article Apple T2 The Apple T2 security chip is a SoC first released in the iMac Pro It is a 64 bit ARMv8 chip a variant of the A10 Fusion or T8010 and runs bridgeOS 209 It provides a secure enclave for encrypted keys enables users to lock down the computer s boot process handles system functions like the camera and audio control and handles on the fly encryption and decryption for the solid state drive 210 211 212 T2 also delivers enhanced imaging processing for the iMac Pro s FaceTime HD camera 213 214 List of processors Edit Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory technology First ReleasedMemory bandwidthT1 APL1023 215 Same as S2 TBC ARMv7 TBD November12 2016T2 APL1027 216 TSMC 16 nm FinFET 217 104 mm2 217 ARMv8 AARMv7 A 2 Hurricane2 Zephyr Cortex A7 L1i 64 KBL1d 64 KBL2 3 MB 217 3 cores 217 LP DDR4 217 December14 2017Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache GPU Memory bandwidth First ReleasedMemory technologyU series EditThe Apple U series is a family of systems in a package SiP implementing ultra wideband UWB radio Apple U1 Edit The Apple U1 is used in the iPhone 11 series and later excluding the second and third generation iPhone SE Apple Watch Series 6 and newer HomePod Mini AirTag trackers and the charging case for AirPods Pro 2nd generation 218 List of processors Edit Name Model no Image CPU Semiconductor technology First ReleasedU1 TMK A75 219 Cortex M4ARMv7E M 220 16 nm FinFET TSMC 16FF September20 2019Name Model no Image CPU Semiconductor technology First ReleasedW series EditThe Apple W series is a family of RF SoCs used for Bluetooth and Wi Fi connectivity Apple W1 Edit The Apple W1 is a SoC used in the 2016 AirPods and select Beats headphones 221 222 It maintains a Bluetooth 223 Class 1 connection with a computer device and decodes the audio stream that is sent to it 224 Apple W2 Edit The Apple W2 used in the Apple Watch Series 3 is integrated into the Apple S3 SiP Apple said the chip makes Wi Fi 85 faster and allows Bluetooth and Wi Fi to use half the power of the W1 implementation 182 Apple W3 Edit The Apple W3 is used in the Apple Watch Series 4 225 Series 5 226 Series 6 191 SE 1st generation 191 Series 7 Series 8 SE 2nd generation and Ultra It is integrated into the Apple S4 S5 S6 S7 and S8 SiPs It supports Bluetooth 5 0 5 3 List of processors Edit Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache Memory technology Bluetooth First ReleasedMemory bandwidthW1 343S00130 227 343S00131 227 TBC 14 3 mm2 227 TBC 4 2 December13 2016W2 338S00348 228 TBC September22 2017W3 338S00464 229 5 0 September21 20185 3Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology Die size CPU ISA CPU CPU cache Memory bandwidth Bluetooth First ReleasedMemory technologyM series coprocessors EditMain article Apple motion coprocessors The Apple M series coprocessors are motion coprocessors used by Apple Inc in their mobile devices First released in 2013 their function is to collect sensor data from integrated accelerometers gyroscopes and compasses and offload the collecting and processing of sensor data from the main central processing unit CPU Only the M7 and M8 coprocessors were housed on separate chips the M9 M10 and M11 coprocessors were embedded in their corresponding A series chips Beginning with the A12 Bionic chip in 2018 the motion coprocessors were fully integrated into the SoC this allowed Apple to reuse the M series codename for their desktop SoCs List of coprocessors Edit Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology CPU ISA CPU First Released Utilizing devicesApple M7 LPC18A1 90 nm ARMv7 M 150 MHz Cortex M3 September10 2013 iPhone 5s iPad Air iPad Mini 2 iPad Mini 3Apple M8 LPC18B1 September9 2014 iPhone 6 iPhone 6 Plus iPad Mini 4 iPod Touch 6th generation Name Model no Image Semiconductor technology CPU ISA CPU First Released Utilizing devicesMiscellaneous devices EditThis segment is about Apple designed processors that are not easily sorted into another section Early series Edit See also Early iPhone systems on chip Apple first used SoCs in early versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch They combine in one package a single ARM based processing core CPU a graphics processing unit GPU and other electronics necessary for mobile computing The APL0098 also 8900B 230 or S5L8900 is a package on package PoP system on a chip SoC that was introduced on June 29 2007 at the launch of the original iPhone It includes a 412 MHz single core ARM11 CPU and a PowerVR MBX Lite GPU It was manufactured by Samsung on a 90 nm process 12 The iPhone 3G and the first generation iPod Touch also use it 231 The APL0278 232 also S5L8720 is a PoP SoC introduced on September 9 2008 at the launch of the second generation iPod Touch It includes a 533 MHz single core ARM11 CPU and a PowerVR MBX Lite GPU It was manufactured by Samsung on a 65 nm process 12 231 The APL0298 also S5L8920 is a PoP SoC introduced on June 8 2009 at the launch of the iPhone 3GS It includes a 600 MHz single core Cortex A8 CPU and a PowerVR SGX535 GPU It was manufactured by Samsung on a 65 nm process 107 The APL2298 also S5L8922 is a 45 nm die shrunk version of the iPhone 3GS SoC 12 and was introduced on September 9 2009 at the launch of the third generation iPod Touch Other Edit The Samsung S5L8747 is an ARM based microcontroller used in Apple s Lightning Digital AV Adapter a Lightning to HDMI adapter This is a miniature computer with 256 MB RAM running an XNU kernel loaded from the connected iOS device then taking a serial signal from the iOS device translating that into a proper HDMI signal 233 234 Model no Image First released CPU ISA Specs Application Utilizing devices Operating system339S0196 September 2012 Unknown ARM 256 MBRAM Lightning toHDMI conversion Apple DigitalAV Adapter XNUModel no Image First released CPU ISA Specs Application Utilizing devices Operating systemSee also EditARM Cortex A9 List of iOS tvOS and watchOS devices List of iPad models List of Mac models grouped by CPU type List of Samsung platforms SoCs Exynos none have been used by Apple historical some were used in Apple products PowerVR SGX GPUs were also used in the iPhone 3GS and the third generation iPod Touch PWRficient a processor designed by P A Semi a company Apple acquired to form an in house custom chip design departmentSimilar platforms Edit A31 by AllWinner Atom by Intel BCM2xxxx by Broadcom eMAG and Altra by Ampere Computing Exynos by Samsung i MX by Freescale Semiconductor Jaguar and Puma by AMD Kirin by HiSilicon MTxxxx by MediaTek NovaThor by ST Ericsson OMAP by Texas Instruments RK3xxx by Rockchip Snapdragon by Qualcomm Tegra by NvidiaNotes Edit Could be referred to as A1 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