The Apple M1(APL1102) is an ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) for its Macintosh computers and iPad Pro tablets.
We’re also getting eight GPU cores, with Apple claiming that this integrated GPU is the fastest in its class, offering 2.6 TFLOPs of FP32 throughput.
The “unified memory” replaces the need for separate RAM, meaning that the chip comes with either 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR4X-4266 MHz SDRAM, depending on your device.
The APPLE M1 also has a separate 16-core neural engine for machine learning tasks.
Apple M1(APL1102) Processor Specification
| Specification | Apple M1(APL1102) |
|---|---|
| Product Name | Apple M1 |
| Product code | APL1102 |
| Launch | November 10 2020 |
| Status | Available |
| Device Using Apple M1(APL1102) | MacBook Air (M1, 2020), Mac Mini (M1, 2020), MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020), iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021), iPad Pro, 11-inch (5th generation), iPad Pro, 12.9-inch (5th generation). |
| CPU Max Clock Speed | 3.2GHz |
| Microarchitecture | "Firestorm" and "Icestorm" |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.4-A |
| Cores | 8 (4× high-performance + 4× high-efficiency) |
| Transitors | 16 billion |
| Process | 5nm |
| GPU | Apple-designed integrated graphics (up to 8 cores)with 2.6 teraflops of throughput |
| L1 Cache | 192+128 KB per core (performance cores) 128+64 KB per core (efficient cores) |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB (performance cores) 4 MB (efficient cores) |
| RAM(inbuilt) | LPDDR4X SDRAM |
| RAM Speed | 4,266 MT/s |
| RAM Size | 8GB, 16GB |
| Neural Engine cores | 16-cores |
| Storage Type | NVMe |
| Supported Codecs | HEVC 264, 265 (8/10bit), VP9 and JPEG. AVC, VC1, VP8 and AV1 are available for decoding |
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