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M1
5 nm
Unified memory architecture - LP-DDR4
16 billion transistors

8-core CPU

4 high-performance cores
192 KB instruction cache
128 KB data cache
Shared 12 MB L2 cache

4 high-efficiency cores
128 KB instruction cache
64 KB data cache
Shared 4 MB L2 cache
(Apple claims the 4 high-effiency cores alone perform like a dual-core Intel MacBook Air)

8-core iGPU (but there is a 7-core variant, likely with one inactive core)
128 execution units
Up to 24576 concurrent threads
2.6 Teraflops
82 Gigatexels/s
41 gigapixels/s

16-core neural engine
Secure Enclave
USB 4

Products:
$999 ($899 edu) 13" MacBook Air (fanless) - 18 hour video playback battery life
$699 Mac mini (with fan)
$1299 ($1199 edu) 13" MacBook Pro (with fan) - 20 hour video playback battery life

Memory options 8 GB and 16 GB. No 32 GB option (unless you go Intel).

It should be noted that the M1 chip in these three Macs is the same (aside from GPU core number). Basically, Apple is taking the same approach which these chips as they do the iPhones and iPads. Just one SKU (excluding the X variants), which is the same across all iDevices (aside from maybe slight clock speed differences occasionally).

EDIT:



M1 Pro 8-core CPU (6+2), 14-core GPU
M1 Pro 10-core CPU (8+2), 14-core GPU
M1 Pro 10-core CPU (8+2), 16-core GPU
M1 Max 10-core CPU (8+2), 24-core GPU
M1 Max 10-core CPU (8+2), 32-core GPU

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Second Generation 5 nm
Unified memory architecture - LPDDR5, up to 24 GB and 100 GB/s
20 billion transistors

8-core CPU

4 high-performance cores
192 KB instruction cache
128 KB data cache
Shared 16 MB L2 cache

4 high-efficiency cores
128 KB instruction cache
64 KB data cache
Shared 4 MB L2 cache

10-core iGPU (but there is an 8-core variant)
3.6 Teraflops

16-core neural engine
Secure Enclave
USB 4

Hardware acceleration for 8K h.264, h.264, ProRes

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[Doug S]

Wow. This is just crazy:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026592678746771921

Maybe they'll get a better discount next time! NOT.

They should have at least countered. Not sure why they wouldn't try; to me that doesn't make any sense.

Why in the world would you believe that claim?

Think about it. The number of people with both Apple and Samsung privy to contract negotiations on that level are pretty small. The number within Samsung who would know Samsung's internal target price increase prior to negotiation would be minuscule, perhaps single digits. It seems really unlikely that leaked, much more likely someone is clickfarming bs.

 

[jdubs03]

Why in the world would you believe that claim?

Think about it. The number of people with both Apple and Samsung privy to contract negotiations on that level are pretty small. The number within Samsung who would know Samsung's internal target price increase prior to negotiation would be minuscule, perhaps single digits. It seems really unlikely that leaked, much more likely someone is clickfarming bs.

Could be, could be.

 

[johnsonwax]

Why in the world would you believe that claim?

Think about it. The number of people with both Apple and Samsung privy to contract negotiations on that level are pretty small. The number within Samsung who would know Samsung's internal target price increase prior to negotiation would be minuscule, perhaps single digits. It seems really unlikely that leaked, much more likely someone is clickfarming bs.

There's no universe in which I can believe that Apple rolled in and took an offer like that. They might agree to a higher price by locking in a price ceiling with the ability to reduce that based on market prices falling and guaranteeing volume over a longer term if they felt that prices might continue to go up. Nobody does billion dollar contracts on such simple terms, and certainly not Apple.

 

[smalM]

Why would they be M4? It’s M5 based most likely

Maybee you read Maynard's post again?