M1 (8C8G-FL) vs A7 (iPad)
            M1 (8C8G-FL)
            
                
            
        
    
            A7 (iPad)
            
                
            
        
    | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3.2GHz Clock | 2 Cores 2 Threads 1.4GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPU8-Core M1-FL 2.62 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUPowerVR G6430 A7 120 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 2,380 59% | GB6S N/A 0% | 
| GB6M 7,935 30% | GB6M N/A 0% | 
| CB23S 1,500 58% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M 6,420 15% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerApple | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 10 | ArchitectureApple Silicon 2 | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyA Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename Tonga - M1 P-Core Firestorm - - E-Core Icestorm | Codename Alcatraz - A7 - Cyclone - - - - | 
| Market Segment Tablet | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 11/10/2020 | Release Date 11/1/2013 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Samsung - - - | 
| Node N5 - - - | Node 28nm - - - | 
| Die Size 120 mm² - - - | Die Size 102 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 16 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 1 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 8 Cores 4 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 2 Cores - - - | 
| 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 2 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.2GHz - - | - 1.4GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.06GHz - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 - - 12MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 - - 1MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 4MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 8MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 1 | 
| Max Memory 16GB | Max Memory 1GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 64Bit | 
| Clock 2133MHz Transfer Rate 4266MT/s | Clock 800MHz Transfer Rate 1600MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 34.1GB/s Bandwidth 68.3GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 12.8GB/s Bandwidth 12.8GB/s | 
| TDP 10W - - - | TDP 6W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes | No PCIe | 
| 8-Core M1-FL 1024 Shaders 1278MHz 2.62 TFLOPS FP32 | PowerVR G6430 A7 128 Shaders 450MHz 120 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| - | No NPU - | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 11 TOPS FP16 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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