Apple M1
Apple M1: Highlights
Apple M1 is a laptop processor produced by Apple. It has 8 cores and 8 threads. CPU base clock frequency is 2100 MHz but it’s due to Turbo Boost technology. It can perform up to 3200 MHz. Apple M1 CPU has integrated graphics Apple M1 GPU.
Apple M1 is based on a 5 nm fabrication process using 16 billion transistors and a TDP of 14W. It supports LPDDR4X memory with a single-channel interface and a memory speed is 4266 MHz.
SPECIFICATIONS
General Information
| Vendor | Apple |
| Released | November 2020 |
| Type | Laptop |
| Model | M1 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Icestorm & Firestorm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 GPU |
| Supported displays | 2 |
| Supports 64-bit | Yes |
CPU Performance
| Cores | 8 |
| Threads | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus Frequency | - |
| Clock Multiplier | - |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | - |
| L2 core | 1.5MB/core |
| L3 core | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1278 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 |
| TMUs | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 |
| Execution Units | 128 |
| TGP | 15W |
| Max. Resolution | 6016 x 3384 @ 60Hz |
| iGPU FLOPS | 2.6 TFLOPS |
Power
| Transistors | 16 Billion |
| Fabrication process | 5nm |
| TDP | 14W |
| Max. temperature | - |
Memory Support
| Memory Types | LPDDR4X |
| Memory Size | 16GB |
| RAM speed | 4266 MHz |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.25 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No |
| DDR memory version | 4 |
| Bus Transfer Rate | - |
| Bus Speed | - |
Miscellaneous
| Official Site | Apple M1 Official website |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - |
Benchmarks
| Cinebench R23 Single-Core | 1524 |
| Cinebench R23 Multi-Core | 7779 |
| Passmark CPU Single-Core | 3761 |
| Passmark CPU Multi-Core | 15020 |
| Geekbench Single-Core | 1756 |
| Geekbench Multi-Core | 9591 |
Key Features
| SSE version | - |
| Front-end width | 8 |
| MULTITHREADING | |
| AES | |
| AVX | |
| F16C | |
| MMX | |
| TRUST ZONE | |
| NX BIT | |
| FMA4 | |
| FMA3 |
