Apple M1
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Released
Q4/2020
Apple M1

Processor Apple M1, specifications and benchmarks

135 place in the overall ranking CPUs!
Apple M1 Processor is being reviewed, the release of which was held in Q4/2020. Here are all the Apple M1’s specifications and performance estimation in benchmark. We offer to study all the data and compare it with a competing model. The base clock frequency of the model is 3.20 GHz, total of cores is 8. The CPU supports LPDDR4X-4266 and is installed in the motherboard on Socket N/A. The TDP for CPU is 15 W.

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family
  • CPU group
    Apple M1
  • Family
    Apple M series
  • Generation
    1
  • Name
    Apple M1
  • Predecessor
    —
  • Segment
    Mobile
  • Successor
    —
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
  • A-Core
    4x Firestorm
  • B-Core
    4x Icestorm
  • Base Frequency
    3.2 GHz
  • C-Core
    —
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    8
  • CPU Threads
    8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No
  • Overclocking
    No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No turbo
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    No turbo
Internal Graphics
  • DirectX Version
    —
  • Execution units
    128
  • Generation
    1
  • GPU Frequency
    3200 MHz
  • GPU name
    Apple M1 (8 Core)
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo
  • Max. displays
    2
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB
  • Release date
    Q4/2020
  • Shader
    0
  • Technology
    5 nm
Hardware codec support
  • AV1
    Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode
  • VP8
    Decode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode
Memory & PCIe
  • ECC
    No
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB
  • Memory channels
    2
  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-4266
  • PCIe lanes
    —
  • PCIe version
    4.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes
Thermal Management
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    —
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    15 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    —
  • TDP down
    10 W
  • TDP up
    20 W
Technical details
  • Architecture
    M1
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
  • L2-Cache
    16.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    —
  • Part Number
    —
  • Release date
    Q4/2020
  • Socket
    —
  • Technology
    5 nm
  • Virtualization
    None
Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple M1 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    96 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    187 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    79 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    216 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    44 place

Blender Open Data

Official median of community submissions; higher is better. Blender versions, operating systems and compute backends remain separate.

Snapshot date is the retrieval date, not the measurement date. Individual dates, RAM, drivers and power limits are unknown. This aggregates different user systems; it is not a test of a specific partner board and is excluded from the legacy composite index.

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Apple M1 with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1503
Apple M1
1504
1504
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

7759
Apple M1
7969
7969
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1742
Apple M1
1732
1721
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

7650
Apple M1
7745
7713
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

2600 GFLOPS
Apple M1
3656 GFLOPS
3656 GFLOPS

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Apple M1 (7-GPU) Apple M1 (7-GPU) View
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK View
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 View
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U AMD Ryzen 7 5700U View
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD Ryzen 5 3600X View
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF View
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K View
Intel Core i5-10600KF Intel Core i5-10600KF View

*

PL1 is the sustained processor power limit; PL2 is the short-term turbo power limit. They are not measured performance or efficiency.

The values are used to select the optimal cooling system and power supply.

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