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Q4/2020
Apple M1

Apple M1

The Apple M1 technical specifications and performance benchmarks are detailed on this page. The release date is Q4/2020. Apple M1 supports the installation of N/A socket on the motherboard. The number of cores is 8 with the base clock speed of 3.20 GHz. Maximum capacity and type of RAM supported are LPDDR4X-4266. TDP is 15 W.
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Specifications
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CPU generation and family

description Apple M1

  • Name
    Apple M1
  • Segment
    Mobile
  • Family
    Apple M series
  • Generation
    1
  • CPU group
    Apple M1
CPU Cores and Base Frequency

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo
  • CPU Threads
    8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    No turbo
  • Hyperthreading
    No
  • Overclocking
    No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    4x Firestorm
  • B core
    4x Icestorm
Internal Graphics

  • GPU name
    Apple M1 (8 Core)
  • GPU frequency
    3.20 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo
  • Execution units
    128
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB
  • Max. displays
    2
  • Generation
    1
  • Technology
    5 nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2020
Hardware codec support

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode
  • AV1
    Decode
  • AVC
    Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode
Memory & PCIe

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-4266
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB
  • ECC
    No
  • Memory channels
    2
  • PCIe version
    4.0
Encryption

  • AES-NI
    Yes
Thermal Management

  • TDP (PL1)
    15 W
  • TDP up
    20 W
  • TDP down
    10 W
Technical details

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None
  • ISA extensions
    Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
  • L2-Cache
    16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    M1
  • Technology
    5 nm
  • Socket
    N/A
  • Release date
    Q4/2020
Devices using this processor

  • Used in
    Apple iMac 24 (2021)Apple MacBook Pro 13 (L2020)Apple MacBook Air (2020)Apple Mac mini (2020)Apple iPad Pro 11 (2021)Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)
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