CPUs

Apple A7 vs Apple M1 (8C8G-FL) Full Specs

2 Cores
2 Threads
1.3GHz
8 Cores(4P+4E)
8 Threads(4P+4E)
3.2GHz
TDP
5W
TDP
10W
Bandwidth
12.8GB/s
LPDDR3
Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
LPDDR4X
iGPU
iGPU
··
192 GFLOPSFP16
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2.62 TFLOPSFP16

2 Cores
2P
-
8 Cores
4P
4E
2 Threads
2P
-
8 Threads
4P
4E

Base Clock
1.3GHz
Base Clock
3.2GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
64KB P
-
L1i
192KB P
128KB E
L1d
64KB P
-
L1d
128KB P
64KB E
L2
1MB P shared
-
L2
12MB P shared
4MB E shared
L3
4MB
L3
-
SLC Cache
-
SLC Cache
8MB

Type
LPDDR3
Type
LPDDR4X
Max Memory
1GB
Max Memory
16GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
1
Channels
2
Bus Width
64-bit
Bus Width
128-bit
Speed
1600MT/s
Speed
4266MT/s
Bandwidth
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
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12.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
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68.3GB/s

TDP
5W
TDP
10W
Max Operating Temp
-
Max Operating Temp
100°C Max

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PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x5
9.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
128
Shaders
1024
Boost Clock
375MHz
Boost Clock
1.28GHz
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192 GFLOPSFP16
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2.62 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
-
NPU Model
H13 Styx
NPU Cores
-
NPU Cores
16
NPU Clock
-
NPU Clock
1.46GHz
Performance
-
Performance
11 TOPSFP16

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
A7  branding
Branding
M1  branding
Codename
Alcatraz
A7Variant
CycloneP-Core
-
Codename
Tonga
M1Variant
FirestormP-Core
IcestormE-Core
Market Segment
Smartphone
Market Segment
Tablet
Release Date
Sep 20, 2013
Release Date
Nov 10, 2020

Foundry
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
N5
Die Size
102mm²
Die Size
123mm²
Transistor Count
1 Billion
Transistor Count
16 Billion
Transistor Density
10 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
130 MTr/mm²