M1 (8C7G) vs IBM PowerPC 970FX 1.9GHz

M1 (8C7G)
IBM PowerPC 970FX 1.9GHz
8 Cores
8 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
1 Core
1 Thread
1.9GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
7-Core M1
2.29 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
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  • 76% lower vs PowerPC 970FX 1.9GHz
  • 320% higher vs M1 (8C7G)
M1 (8C7G) - 10W
x1
PowerPC 970FX 1.9GHz - 42W
x4.2
GB6S 2,380
59%
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M 8,615
32%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S 1,500
58%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M 6,920
16%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
IBM
Architecture
Apple Silicon 10
Architecture
G5
Family
M Series
Family
G5
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
PowerPC
Codename
Tonga
M1
P-Core
Firestorm
E-Core
Icestorm
Codename
GP-UL FX
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/10/2020
Release Date
1/1/2004
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
IBM
Node
N5
Node
90nm
Die Size
120 mm²
Die Size
66 mm²
Transistor Count
16 Billion
Transistor Count
58 Million
Unknown
Unknown
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
4 E-Cores
1 Core
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-
8 Threads
4 P-Threads
4 E-Threads
1 Thread
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-
P-Core
3.2GHz
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1.9GHz
E-Core
2.06GHz
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-
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Integrated Chipset
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Type
FSB
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-
Clock
633MHz
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-
Data Rate
Double
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-
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
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-
Width
64Bit
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-
Bandwidth
10.13GB/s
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Bi-directional
20.26GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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-
L2
-
-
12MB Shared
12-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
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-
8MB SLC Cache
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Channels
2
No Memory Controller
Max Memory
16GB
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2133MHz
Transfer Rate
4266MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
34.1GB/s
Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
TDP
10W
TDP
42W
Temp
100°C Max
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PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
No PCIe
7-Core M1
896 Shaders
1278MHz
2.29 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
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-
- -
No NPU
16 Cores
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11 TOPS FP16
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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