This list of Mac models grouped by CPU type contains all central processing units (CPUs) used by Apple Inc. for their Mac computers. It is grouped by processor family, processor model, and then chronologically by Mac models.
Motorola 68k
Motorola 68000
A Motorola 68000 processor in a dual in-line package , as the early Macintosh models used
The Motorola 68000 was the first Apple Macintosh processor. It has 32-bit CPU registers , a 24-bit address bus , and a 16-bit data path ; Motorola referred to it as a "16-/32-bit microprocessor."[ 1]
Motorola 68020
A Motorola 68020 processor
The Motorola 68020 was the first 32-bit Mac processor, first used on the Macintosh II . The 68020 has many improvements over the 68000, including an instruction cache , and was the first Mac processor to support a paged memory management unit , the Motorola 68851 .
The Macintosh LC configured the 68020 to use a 16-bit system bus with ASICs that limited RAM to 10 MB (as opposed to the 32-bit limit of 4 GB).
Motorola 68030
A Motorola 68030 processor
The Motorola 68030 was the first Mac processor with an integrated paged memory management unit , allowing for virtual memory . Another improvement over the 68020 was the addition of a data cache .
Motorola 68040
A Motorola 68040 processor
The Motorola 68040 has improved per-clock performance compared to the 68030, as well as larger instruction and data caches, and was the first Mac processor with an integrated floating-point unit .
The MC68LC040 version was less expensive because it omitted the floating-point unit.
PowerPC
PowerPC 601
An IBM PowerPC 601 processor
The PowerPC 601 was the first Mac processor to support the 32-bit PowerPC instruction set architecture .
PowerPC 603
A Motorola PowerPC 603 processor
PowerPC 604
An IBM PowerPC 604e processor
The PowerPC 604e was the first Mac processor available in a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configuration.
PowerPC G3
An IBM PowerPC 750CXe ("G3") processor
PowerPC G4
A Motorola PowerPC 7400 ("G4") processor
The PowerPC 7400 was the first Mac processor to include an AltiVec vector processing unit.
The PowerPC 7455 was the first Mac processor over 1 GHz.
PowerPC G5
An IBM PowerPC 970FX ("G5") processor
The PowerPC 970 ("G5") was the first 64-bit Mac processor.
The PowerPC 970MP was the first dual-core Mac processor and the first to be found in a quad-core configuration. It was also the first Mac processor with partitioning and virtualization capabilities.
Apple only used three variants of the G5, and soon moved entirely onto Intel architecture.
Intel x86
Sources: Mac Benchmarks - Geekbench Browser , retrieved 2022-05-26 and Haslam, Karen, Which Mac processor? Apple processor comparison: M1 vs Intel , retrieved 2022-05-26
Overview
P6
Yonah was the first Mac processor to support the IA-32 instruction set architecture, in addition to the MMX , SSE , SSE2 , and SSE3 extension instruction sets.
The Core Solo was a Core Duo with one of the two cores disabled.
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
FSB speed (MT/s)
L2 cache (MB)
CPUs
Cores per CPU
Introduced
Discontinued
Core Duo ("Yonah ")
iMac (Early 2006)iMac (Mid 2006)
1.83–2.00
667
2
1
2
January 2006
September 2006
MacBook Pro (Early 2006)
1.83–2.16
667
2
1
2
February 2006
October 2006
Mac mini (Early 2006)Mac mini (Late 2006)
1.66–1.83
667
2
1
2
February 2006
August 2007
MacBook (Mid 2006)
1.83–2.00
667
2
1
2
May 2006
November 2006
Core Solo ("Yonah ")
Mac mini (Early 2006)
1.50
667
2
1
1
February 2006
September 2006
Pentium M ULV ("Crofton ")
Apple TV (1st generation)[ j] [ k]
1.00
350
2
1
1
January 2007
September 2010
Core
Woodcrest added support for the SSSE3 instruction set.
Merom was the first Mac processor to support the x86-64 instruction set, as well as the first 64-bit processor to appear in a Mac notebook.
Clovertown was the first to be found in an 8-core configuration.
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
FSB speed (MT/s)
L2 cache (MB)
CPUs
Cores per CPU
Introduced
Discontinued
Xeon 5100 ("Woodcrest ")
Mac Pro (Mid 2006)[ 18]
2.00–3.00
1333
4
2
2
August 2006
January 2008
Xserve (Late 2006)
2.00–3.00
1333
4
2
2
October 2006
January 2008
Core 2 Duo ("Merom ")
iMac (Late 2006)iMac (Mid 2007)[ 19]
1.83–2.40
667–800
2–4
1
2
September 2006
April 2008
MacBook Pro (Late 2006)MacBook Pro (Mid 2007)MacBook Pro (Late 2007)
2.16–2.60
667–800
4
1
2
October 2006
February 2008
MacBook (Late 2006)MacBook (Mid 2007)MacBook (Late 2007)
1.83–2.20
667–800
2–4
1
2
November 2006
February 2008
Mac mini (Mid 2007)
1.83–2.00
667
2–4
1
2
August 2007
March 2009
MacBook Air (Unibody)
1.60–1.80
800
4
1
2
January 2008
October 2008
Xeon 5300 ("Clovertown ")
Mac Pro (Mid 2006)[ 18]
3.00
1333
2×4
2
4
April 2007
January 2008
Core 2 Extreme ("Merom XE ")
iMac (Mid 2007)
2.80
800
4
1
2
August 2007
April 2008
Penryn
An Intel Wolfdale processor
Penryn added support for a subset for SSE4 (SSE4.1).
Nehalem
An Intel Bloomfield processor
Bloomfield and Gainestown introduced a number of notable features for the first time in any Mac processors:
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
CPUs
Cores per CPU
QPI
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Xeon 3500 ("Bloomfield ")
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
2.66–3.33
4×256
8
1
4
Yes
Yes
Yes
March 2009
July 2010
Xeon 5500 ("Gainestown ")
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
2.26–2.93
4×256
8
2
4
Yes
Yes
Yes
March 2009
August 2010
Xserve (Early 2009)
2.26–3.33
4×256
8
1–2
4
Yes
Yes
Yes
April 2009
January 2011
Core i5 ("Lynnfield ")
iMac (Late 2009)
2.66–2.80
4×256
8
1
4
No
No
Yes
October 2009
May 2011
Core i7 ("Lynnfield ")
iMac (Late 2009)
2.80–2.93
4×256
8
1
4
No
Yes
Yes
October 2009
May 2011
Westmere
Arrandale introduced Intel HD Graphics , an on-die integrated GPU .
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
CPUs
Cores per CPU
QPI
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core i5 ("Arrandale ")
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
2.40–2.53
2×256
3
1
2
No
Yes
Yes
April 2010
March 2011
Core i7 ("Arrandale ")
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
2.66
2×256
4
1
2
No
Yes
Yes
April 2010
March 2011
Core i3 ("Clarkdale ")
iMac (Mid 2010)
3.06–3.20
2×256
4
1
2
No
Yes
No
July 2010
May 2011
Core i5 ("Clarkdale ")
iMac (Mid 2010)
3.60
2×256
4
1
2
No
Yes
Yes
July 2010
May 2011
Xeon 3600 ("Gulftown ")
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
3.33
6×256
12
1
6
Yes
Yes
Yes
August 2010
October 2013
Xeon 5600 ("Gulftown ")
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
2.40–3.06
4–6×256
12
2
4–6
Yes
Yes
Yes
August 2010
October 2013
Sandy Bridge
An Intel Core i7 2600K processor
Sandy Bridge added support for Intel Quick Sync Video , a dedicated on-die video encoding and decoding core. It was also the first quad-core processor to appear in a Mac notebook.
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core i5 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)MacBook Pro (Late 2011)
2.3
2×256
3
2
Yes
Yes
March 2011
June 2012
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
2.3–2.5
2×256
3
2
Yes
Yes
July 2011
October 2012
Core i7 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)MacBook Pro (Late 2011)
2.7–2.8
2×256
4
2
Yes
Yes
March 2011
June 2012
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
2.7
2×256
4
2
Yes
Yes
July 2011
October 2012
Core i7 (4-core)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)MacBook Pro (Late 2011)
2.0–2.5
4×256
6–8
4
Yes
Yes
March 2011
June 2012
iMac (Mid 2011)
2.8–3.4
4×256
8
4
Yes
Yes
May 2011
October 2012
Mac mini Server (Mid 2011)
2.0
4×256
6
4
Yes
Yes
July 2011
October 2012
Core i5 (4-core)
iMac (Mid 2011)
2.5–3.1
4×256
6
4
No
Yes
May 2011
October 2012
Core i5 CULV (2-core)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011)
1.6–1.7
2×256
3
2
Yes
Yes
July 2011
June 2012
Core i7 CULV (2-core)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011)
1.8
2×256
4
2
Yes
Yes
July 2011
June 2012
Core i3 (2-core)
iMac (Late 2011 education only)
3.1
2×256
3
2
Yes
No
August 2011
March 2013
Ivy Bridge
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core i5 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)
2.5
2×256
3
2
Yes
Yes
June 2012
October 2016
Mac mini (Late 2012)
2.5
2×256
3
2
Yes
Yes
October 2012
October 2014
Core i7 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)
2.9–3.0
2×256
4
2
Yes
Yes
June 2012
October 2016
Core i5 (4-core)
iMac (Late 2012)
2.7–3.2
2×256
6
4
No
Yes
October 2012
September 2013
Core i7 (4-core)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)
2.3–2.8
4×256
6–8
4
Yes
Yes
June 2012
October 2013
iMac (Late 2012)
3.1–3.4
4×256
8
4
Yes
Yes
October 2012
September 2013
Mac mini (Late 2012)
2.3–2.6
4×256
6
4
Yes
Yes
October 2012
October 2014
Core i5 CULV (2-core)
MacBook Air (Mid 2012)
1.7–1.8
2×256
3
2
Yes
Yes
June 2012
June 2013
Core i7 CULV (2-core)
MacBook Air (Mid 2012)
2.0
2×256
4
2
Yes
Yes
June 2012
June 2013
Core i3 (2-core)
iMac (Early 2013 education-only)
3.3
2×256
3
2
Yes
No
March 2013
June 2014
Xeon E5 v2
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
3.7
4×256
10
4
Yes
Yes
December 2013
April 2017
3.5
6×256
12
6
Yes
Yes
December 2013
December 2019
3.0
8×256
25
8
Yes
Yes
December 2013
December 2019
2.7
12×256
30
12
Yes
Yes
December 2013
December 2019
Haswell
The Crystal Well variant used in some MacBook Pros contains an on-package L4 cache shared between the CPU and integrated graphics.
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
L4 cache (MB)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core i5 ULT (2-core)
MacBook Air (Mid 2013)MacBook Air (Early 2014)
1.3–1.4
2×256
3
—
2
Yes
Yes
June 2013
March 2015
iMac (Mid 2014)
1.4
2×256
3
—
2
Yes
Yes
June 2014
October 2015
Mac mini (Late 2014)
1.4–2.8
2×256
3
—
2
Yes
Yes
October 2014
October 2018
Core i7 ULT (2-core)
MacBook Air (Mid 2013)MacBook Air (Early 2014)
1.7
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
June 2013
March 2015
Mac mini (Late 2014)
3.0
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
October 2014
October 2018
Core i5 (4-core)
iMac (Late 2013)
2.7–3.5
4×256
4–6
—
4
No
Yes
September 2013
October 2015
Core i7 (4-core)
iMac (Late 2013)
3.1–4.0
4×256
8
—
4
Yes
Yes
September 2013
October 2015
MacBook Pro (Late 2013)MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)MacBook Pro (Mid 2015)
2.0–2.8
4×256
6
128
4
Yes
Yes
October 2013
July 2018
Core i5 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Late 2013)MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)
2.4–2.8
2×256
3
—
2
Yes
Yes
October 2013
March 2015
Core i7 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Late 2013)MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)
2.8–3.0
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
October 2013
March 2015
Broadwell
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
L4 cache (MB)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core M
MacBook (Early 2015)
1.1–1.3
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
April 2015
April 2016
Core i5 ULT (2-core)
MacBook Air (Early 2015)MacBook Air (2017)
1.6–1.8
2×256
3
—
2
Yes
Yes
March 2015
July 2019
iMac (Late 2015)
1.6
2×256
3
—
2
Yes
Yes
October 2015
June 2017
Core i7 ULT (2-core)
MacBook Air (Early 2015)MacBook Air (2017)
2.2
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
March 2015
July 2019
Core i5 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Early 2015)
2.7–2.9
2×256
3
—
2
Yes
Yes
March 2015
June 2017
Core i7 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Early 2015)
3.1
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
March 2015
June 2017
Core i5 (4-core)
iMac (Late 2015)
2.8–3.1
4×256
4
128
4
No
Yes
October 2015
June 2017
Core i7 (4-core)
iMac (Late 2015)
3.3
4×256
6
128
4
Yes
Yes
October 2015
June 2017
Skylake
An Intel Core i7 6700K processor
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
L4 cache (MB)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core m3, m5, m7
MacBook (Early 2016)
1.1–1.3
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
April 2016
June 2017
Core i5 (4-core)
iMac (Late 2015)
3.2–3.3
4×256
6
—
4
No
Yes
October 2015
June 2017
Core i7 (4-core)
iMac (Late 2015)
4.0
4×256
8
—
4
Yes
Yes
October 2015
June 2017
MacBook Pro (2016)
2.6–2.9
6–8
November 2016
Core i5 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (2016)
2.0
2×256
4
64
2
Yes
Yes
October 2016
June 2017
2.9–3.1
November 2016
Core i7 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (2016)
2.4
2×256
4
—
2
Yes
Yes
October 2016
June 2017
3.3
64
November 2016
Xeon W
iMac Pro (2017)
2.3
18×1024
24.75
—
18
Yes
Yes
December 2017
March 2021
2.5
14×1024
19.25
14
3.0
10×1024
13.75
10
3.2
8×1024
11
8
Kaby Lake
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
L4 cache (MB)
TDP (W)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core m3
MacBook (2017)
1.2
2×256
4
—
4.5
2
Yes
Yes
June 2017
July 2019
Core i5 (2-core)
MacBook (2017)[ l]
1.3
2×256
4
—
4.5
2
Yes
Yes
June 2017
July 2019
MacBook Air (2018)MacBook Air (2019)
1.6
7
October 2018
March 2020
iMac (2017)
2.3
64
15
June 2017
October 2021
MacBook Pro (2017)
July 2019
3.1–3.3
28
July 2018
Core i7 (2-core)
MacBook (2017)[ l]
1.4
2×256
4
—
4.5
2
Yes
Yes
June 2017
July 2019
MacBook Pro (2017)
2.5
15
3.5
64
28
July 2018
Core i5 (4-core)
iMac (2017)
3.0–3.8
4×256
6
—
65–91
4
No
Yes
June 2017
March 2019
Core i7 (4-core)
iMac (2017)
3.6–4.2
4×256
8
—
65–91
4
Yes
Yes
June 2017
March 2019
MacBook Pro (2017)
2.8–2.9
6–8
45
July 2018
Coffee Lake
Coffee Lake was the first 6-core processor to appear in a Mac notebook.
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
L4 cache (MB)
TDP (W)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core i5 (4-core)
MacBook Pro (2018)MacBook Pro (2019)
2.3–2.4
4×256
6
128
28
4
Yes
Yes
July 2018
May 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)MacBook Pro (2020)
1.4
15
July 2019
November 2020
Core i7 (4-core)
MacBook Pro (2018)MacBook Pro (2019)
2.7–2.8
4×256
8
128
28
4
Yes
Yes
July 2018
May 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)MacBook Pro (2020)
1.7
15
July 2019
November 2020
Core i3 (4-core)
Mac Mini (2018)
3.6
4×256
6
—
65
4
No
No
November 2018
November 2020
iMac (2019)
March 2019
April 2021
Core i5 (6-core)
Mac Mini (2018)
3.0
6×256
9
—
65
6
No
Yes
November 2018
January 2023
iMac (2019)
3.0–3.1
March 2019
April 2021
3.7
95
August 2020
Core i7 (6-core)
MacBook Pro (2018)
2.2–2.6
6×256
9
—
45
6
Yes
Yes
July 2018
May 2019
MacBook Pro (2019)
2.6
12
May 2019
October 2021
Mac Mini (2018)
3.2
6×256
12
—
65
6
Yes
Yes
November 2018
January 2023
iMac (2019)
March 2019
April 2021
Core i9 (6-core)
MacBook Pro (2018)
2.9
6×256
12
—
45
6
Yes
Yes
July 2018
May 2019
Core i9 (8-core)
iMac (2019)
3.6
8×256
16
—
95
8
Yes
Yes
March 2019
August 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)
2.3–2.4
45
May 2019
October 2021
Cascade Lake
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
TDP (W)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Xeon W
Mac Pro (2019)
2.5
28×1024
38.5
205
28
Yes
Yes
December 2019
June 2023
2.7
24×1024
33
24
3.2
16×1024
22
16
3.3
12×1024
19.25
180
12
3.5
8×1024
16.5
160
8
Comet Lake
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
TDP (W)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core i5 (6-core)
iMac (2020)
3.1–3.3
6×256
12
65
6
Yes
Yes
August 2020
March 2022
Core i7 (8-core)
3.8
8×256
16
125
8
Core i9 (10-core)
3.6
10×256
20
10
Ice Lake
Ice Lake (Sunny Cove ) is a 10th generation chip.
Processor
Model
Clock speed (GHz)
L2 cache (KB)
L3 cache (MB)
TDP (W)
Cores per CPU
HT
ITB
Introduced
Discontinued
Core i3 (2-core)
MacBook Air (2020)
1.1
2×512
4
9
2
Yes
Yes
March 2020
November 2020
Core i5 (4-core)
MacBook Air (2020)
1.1
4×512
6
10
4
Yes
Yes
March 2020
November 2020
MacBook Pro (2020)
2.0
28
May 2020
October 2021
Core i7 (4-core)
MacBook Air (2020)
1.2
4×512
8
10
4
Yes
Yes
March 2020
November 2020
MacBook Pro (2020)
2.3
28
May 2020
October 2021
Apple silicon
Source: Haslam, Karen, Mac processor comparison: Apple Silicon vs Intel , retrieved 2022-05-26
M1
An Apple M1 processor
The M1 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on the 5 nm process and contains 16 billion transistors. Its CPU cores are the first to be used in a Mac processor designed by Apple and the first to use the ARM instruction set architecture. It has 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency), up to 8 GPU cores, and a 16-core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR4X memory with a bandwidth of 68 GB/s.
The M1 Pro and M1 Max SoCs have 10 CPU cores (8 performance and 2 efficiency) and a 16-core and 32-core GPU, respectively.[ 20] Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in October 2021.[ 21]
The M1 Ultra is a processor combining two M1 Max chips in one package.[ 22] It was available in the highest-end variants of the Mac Studio, released on March 18, 2022. All parameters of the M1 Max are doubled in M1 Ultra processors; they are, however, packed as one processor package (larger than a Socket AM4 AMD Ryzen processor)[ 22] and seen as one processor in macOS.
Processor
Model
CPU Cores
GPU Cores
Neural Engine Cores
Introduced
Discontinued
Apple M1
iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)
8
7–8
16
May 2021
October 2023
Mac mini (M1, 2020)
8
November 2020
January 2023
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
7–8
March 2024
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
8
June 2022
Apple M1 Pro
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
8–10
14–16
October 2021
January 2023
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
10
16
Apple M1 Max
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
24–32
Mac Studio (2022)
March 2022
June 2023
Apple M1 Ultra
Mac Studio (2022)
20
48–64
32
M2
The M2 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on an enhanced 5 nm process, containing 20 billion transistors. It has 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency), up to 10 GPU cores, and a 16 core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 100 GB/s.
The M2 Pro and M2 Max have 12 CPU cores (8 performance and 4 efficiency), and a 19-core and 38-core GPU respectively. Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in January 2023.[ 23]
The M2 Ultra is a processor combining two M2 Max dies in one package. It is available in the highest-end variants of the Mac Studio as well as the Mac Pro, both released on June 13, 2023.[ 24]
M3
The M3 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on the 3 nm process , containing 25 billion transistors. It has 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency), up to 10 GPU cores, and a 16 core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 100 GB/s.
The M3 Pro has 12 CPU cores (6 performance and 6 efficiency), while the M3 Max has 16 CPU cores (12 performance and 4 efficiency); they have an 18-core and 40-core GPU respectively. Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in October 2023.[ 25]
The M3 Ultra is a processor combining two M3 Max dies in one package. It is available in the highest-end variants of the Mac Studio, released on March 12, 2025.[ 26]
Processor
Model
CPU Cores
GPU Cores
Neural Engine Cores
Introduced
Discontinued
Apple M3
iMac (24-inch, 2023)
8
8–10
16
November 2023
October 2024
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, 2023)
10
MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024)
8–10
March 2024
March 2025
MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024)
10
Apple M3 Pro
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro, 2023)
11–12
14–18
November 2023
October 2024
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)
12
18
Apple M3 Max
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Max, 2023)MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)
14–16
30–40
Apple M3 Ultra
Mac Studio (2025)
28–32
60–80
32
March 2025
current
M4
The M4 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on an enhanced 3 nm process, containing 28 billion transistors. It has up to 10 CPU cores (4 performance and 6 efficiency), up to 10 GPU cores, and a 16 core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR5X memory with a bandwidth of 120 GB/s.
The M4 Pro has 14 CPU cores (10 performance and 4 efficiency), while the M4 Max has 16 CPU cores (12 performance and 4 efficiency); they have a 20-core and 40-core GPU respectively. Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in October 2024.[ 27]
Processor
Model
CPU Cores
GPU Cores
Neural Engine Cores
Introduced
Discontinued
Apple M4
iMac (24-inch, 2024)
8–10
8–10
16
November 2024
current
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4, 2024)
10
10
Mac mini (2024)
MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)
8–10
March 2025
MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025)
10
Apple M4 Pro
Mac mini (2024)
12–14
16–20
November 2024
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro, 2024)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024)
14
20
Apple M4 Max
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Max, 2024)MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024)
14–16
32–40
Mac Studio (2025)
March 2025
See also
Notes
^ a b Included due to its compatibility with Macintosh software and common use as an early Macintosh development platform.
^ Retroactively named the "Macintosh 128K" after the release of the Macintosh 512K.
^ An Apple Lisa modified with MacWorks XL to run Mac software.
^ Sold in educational markets as the "Macintosh Plus ED."
^ Sold in educational markets as the "Macintosh ED."
^ Shipped with A/UX operating system but capable of running Mac OS .
^ Sold in Europe and Asia as the "Power Macintosh 6300/160."
^ a b Shipped with AIX operating system and incapable of running Mac OS.
^ User reports indicate that the Power Mac G4 Cube began shipping with the more power efficient PowerPC 7410 in April 2001.[ 12]
^ Ran a modified version of Mac OS X with the Front Row user interface.
^ Teardowns indicate that it used an under clocked Dothan-based Pentium M ULV processor,[citation needed ] called "Crofton" by Intel.[ 17]
^ a b Uses an ultra low-voltage processor previously branded as Core M.
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