Elbrus-2S3 vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Elbrus-2 Apple M1
• Family
  Elbrus Apple M series
• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Generation
  - 1

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Archecture
  PowerVR GC6650 -
• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 3.2 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 (+1 3D, +2 2D, +4 video) 8
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• A-Core
  - 4x Firestorm
• B-Core
  - 4x Icestorm
• Core architecture
  - hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  - No
• Overclocking
  - No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• 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

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• 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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and Elbrus-2S3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  - Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Elbrus-2S3 and Apple M1 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  10 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Elbrus-2S3 and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• L2-Cache
  4 MB 16 MB
• L2-Cache (layout)
  (64 + 128) / core -
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q4/2020
• Socket
  FCBGA 1903 -
• Technology
  16 nm 5 nm
• Architecture
  - M1
• Instruction set (ISA)
  - ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Virtualization
  - None