M1 (8C8G) vs IBM 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 2GHz
            M1 (8C8G)
            
                
            
        
    
            IBM 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 2GHz
            
                
            
        
    | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3.2GHz Clock | 1 Core 1 Thread 2GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPU8-Core M1 2.62 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPU No GPU - - | 
| 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 7,720 18% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerIBM | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 10 | ArchitectureG5 | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyG5 | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) PowerPC | 
| Codename Tonga - M1 P-Core Firestorm - - E-Core Icestorm | Codename GP-UL FX - - - - - - - - | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 11/10/2020 | Release Date 1/1/2005 | 
| 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 - - - | 
| 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 1 Thread - - - | 
| P-Core 3.2GHz - - | - 2GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.06GHz - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Type FSB | 
| - - | Clock 1000MHz | 
| - - | Data Rate Double | 
| - - | Transfer Rate 2GT/s | 
| - - | Width 64Bit | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Bandwidth 16GB/s | 
| - - | Bi-directional 32GB/s | 
| 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 32KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 - - 12MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 512KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - 8MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| 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 20W - - - | TDP 50W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes | No PCIe | 
| 8-Core M1 1024 Shaders 1278MHz 2.62 TFLOPS FP32 | No GPU - - - - | 
| - | No NPU - | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 11 TOPS FP16 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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