Apple 9-Core M4-FL vs NVIDIA Tegra X1 Full Specs

Summary

1,024 Shaders 1.58GHz	256 Shaders 1GHz
Shared Memory120GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory25.6GB/s LPDDR4·LPDDR3
Peak·FP32·FP16 3.23 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 512 GFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 FP64 Memory Bandwidth

9-Core M4-FL3.23 TFLOPSFP16

x3.16

Tegra X11.02 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1000MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 3.23 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 1.02 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 3.23 TFLOPS	FP32 512 GFLOPS
-	FP64 16 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 50.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 16 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 101 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 16 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,024 Shaders	Shaders 256 Shaders
TMUs 64 TMUs	TMUs 16 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 16 ROPs
RT Cores 8 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 128 EUs	SMs 2 SMs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Boost Clock 1GHz

Cache

L1 -	L1 48KB/SM
L2 Cache 2MB shared	L2 Cache 256KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared Memory LPDDR4·LPDDR3
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 7.5GT/s	Memory Speed 3.2GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 25.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution -
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator -
Multi-Monitor 2	Multi-Monitor -
DSC Supported	DSC Not Supported

API Support

Shader Model -	Shader Model 6
-	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_1
-	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 1.2 Vulkan 1.1
-	CUDA 5.3 PureVideo HD VP9 VDPAU Feature Set I

Encoder

Encoder Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder NVENC 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -

Decoder

Decoder Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder NVDEC 2
Codec - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - -

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Maxwell 2
Family M Series	Family Tegra
Branding	Branding
Codename G16G	Codename Erista
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Mar 2, 2026	Release Date May 1, 2015

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node 20nm
Die Size 169mm²	Die Size 118mm²
Transistor Count 28B	Transistor Count 2B
Transistor Density 165 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 17 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs AppleM4 (8C9G-FL)8 Cores (3P+5E)	CPUs NVIDIATegra X18 Cores (4P+4E)NVIDIATegra X1 Switch4 Cores
Tablets AppleiPad Air 11" Gen 3M4, Early 2026AppleiPad Air 13" Gen 3M4, Early 2026	Tablets -
Game Consoles -	Game Consoles NintendoSwitch

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