Apple M-series

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ARM-based processor family system-on-a-chip family

The Apple M-series is a line of ARM-based system-on-a-chip processors designed by Apple for its Macs and iPads, known for high performance and power efficiency.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Apple M-series canonical 6
Apple M series 3
Apple M1 series 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ARM-based processor family ⓘ
system-on-a-chip family ⓘ
architecture ARMv8-A ⓘ
surface form: AArch64

ARM ⓘ
ARM64 ⓘ
designType SoC ⓘ
system on a chip ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
feature Apple Neural Engine ⓘ
surface form: Neural Engine

high performance ⓘ
high power efficiency ⓘ
integrated CPU and GPU ⓘ
secure enclave ⓘ
unified memory architecture ⓘ
firstModel Apple M1 ⓘ
includesModel Apple M1 ⓘ
Apple M1 Max ⓘ
Apple M1 Pro ⓘ
Apple M1 Ultra ⓘ
Apple M2 ⓘ
Apple M2 Max ⓘ
Apple M2 Pro ⓘ
Apple M2 Ultra ⓘ
Apple M3 ⓘ
Apple M3 ⓘ
surface form: Apple M3 Max

Apple M3 ⓘ
surface form: Apple M3 Pro

Apple M4 ⓘ
instructionSet ARMv8-A ⓘ
ARMv9-A ⓘ
launchYear 2020 ⓘ
marketedAs Apple silicon ⓘ
notableFor performance per watt advantages over prior Intel-based Macs ⓘ
notUsedIn iPhone ⓘ
osSupport iPadOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
predecessor Intel 64 ⓘ
surface form: Intel x86-64 Mac processors
primaryProcessNodeRange 5 nm to 3 nm ⓘ
relatedTo Apple A-series ⓘ
supports LPDDR memory ⓘ
Metal graphics API ⓘ
PCI Express ⓘ
surface form: PCIe

Rosetta 2 ⓘ
surface form: Rosetta 2 x86-64 translation

Thunderbolt ⓘ
USB4 ⓘ
hardware-accelerated machine learning ⓘ
targetDeviceType personal computer ⓘ
tablet computer ⓘ
transitionedMacPlatformFrom x86-64 to ARM64 ⓘ
usedIn Mac Studio ⓘ
Mac ⓘ
surface form: Mac computers

Mac mini ⓘ
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) ⓘ
surface form: MacBook Air

MacBook Pro ⓘ
iMac ⓘ
iPad ⓘ
surface form: iPad Air

iPad ⓘ
surface form: iPad Pro

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple M3 → family → Apple M-series ⓘ
iMac → architectureHistory → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple silicon (M-series)
Apple M2 → family → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M series
iPad → usesProcessorFamily → Apple M-series ⓘ
Firestorm → usedInSoCFamily → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M1 series
Apple Neural Engine → includedInChipFamily → Apple M-series ⓘ
Apple M1 Ultra → family → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M1 series
Apple M4 → family → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M series
Apple silicon Mac Pro models → processorFamily → Apple M-series ⓘ
Acorn RISC Machine → usedBy → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M-series SoCs
Apple A-series → predecessorOf → Apple M-series ⓘ
ANE → partOf → Apple M-series ⓘ
subject surface form: Apple Neural Engine
this entity surface form: Apple M-series SoC
Apple GPU → partOf → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M‑series chip
Apple T-series → relatedTo → Apple M-series ⓘ
Apple Silicon MacBook Pro → usesProcessorFamily → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M series
Apple AI/ML → usesHardware → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple silicon SoCs
ARMv9-A → usedIn → Apple M-series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple M-series chips