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List of Mac models grouped by CPU type

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This list of Mac models grouped by CPU type contains all central processing units (CPUs) used by Apple for their Mac computers. It is grouped by processor family, processor model, and then chronologically by Mac models.

Motorola 68k

Motorola 68000

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."

ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)IntroducedDiscontinuedMC68000MC68HC000
Lisa55January 1983January 1984
Lisa 255January 1984January 1985
Macintosh88January 1984October 1985
last=Pournellefirst=Jerryauthor-link=Jerry Pournelledate=March 1985title=On the Road: Hackercon and COMDEXurl=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1985-03-rescan/1985_03_BYTE_10-03_Bargain_Computing#page/n325/mode/2upmagazine=BYTEvolume=10issue=3pages=313–346access-date=March 19, 2016}}88September 1984April 1986
Macintosh XL55January 1985April 1985
Macintosh Plus88January 1986October 1990
Macintosh 512Ke88April 1986September 1987
Macintosh SE88March 1987August 1989
Macintosh SE FDHD88August 1989October 1990
Macintosh Classic88October 1990September 1992
Macintosh Portable1616September 1989October 1991
last=Grumanfirst=Galendate=December 1991title=Macintosh Powerbooks 100, 140, and 170url=https://vintageapple.org/macworld/pdf/MacWorld_9112_December_1991.pdfjournal=Macworldpage=132}}1616October 1991August 1992

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).

ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L1 cache
(bytes)Data path width/
Address width
(bits)PMMUFPUIntroducedDiscontinuedMC68020
Macintosh II161625632/1668851 (optional)68881March 1987January 1990
Macintosh LC161625616/16October 1990March 1992

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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L1 cache
(bytes)L2 cache
(KB)Data path width/
Address width
(bits)FPUIntroducedDiscontinuedMC68030
Macintosh IIx161651232/3268882September 1988October 1990
nowrapMacintosh SE/30161651232/3268882January 1989October 1990
nowrapMacintosh IIcx161651232/3268882March 1989February 1991
nowrapMacintosh IIci25255120–3232/3268882September 1989February 1993
nowrapMacintosh IIfx40405123232/3268882March 1990April 1992
nowrapMacintosh IIsi202051232/3268882 (optional)October 1990March 1993
nowrapMacintosh Classic II
Performa 200161651216/32October 1991September 1993
nowrapPowerBook 140161651232/32October 1991August 1992
nowrapPowerBook 170252551232/3268882October 1991October 1992
nowrapMacintosh LC II
Performa 400
Performa 405
Performa 410
Performa 430161651216/32March 1992March 1993
nowrapPowerBook 145252551232/32August 1992June 1993
nowrapPerforma 600/600CD32165123232/3268882 (optional)September 1992October 1993
nowrapMacintosh IIvi16165123232/3268882 (optional)October 1992February 1993
nowrapMacintosh IIvx32165123232/3268882October 1992October 1993
nowrapPowerBook 160252551232/32October 1992August 1993
nowrapPowerBook 180333351232/3268882October 1992May 1994
nowrapPowerBook Duo 210252551232/32October 1992October 1993
nowrapPowerBook Duo 230333351232/32October 1992July 1994
nowrapMacintosh Color Classic
Performa 250
Performa 275161651216/3268882 (optional)February 1993May 1994
nowrapMacintosh LC III
Performa 450252551232/3268882 (optional)February 1993February 1994
nowrapPowerBook 165c333351232/3268882February 1993December 1993
nowrapMacintosh LC 520252551232/3268882 (optional)June 1993February 1994
nowrapPowerBook 180c333351232/3268882June 1993March 1994
nowrapPowerBook 145B252551232/32July 1993July 1994
nowrapPowerBook 165333351232/32August 1993July 1994
nowrapMacintosh LC III+
Performa 460
Performa 466
Performa 467333351232/3268882 (optional)October 1993February 1994
nowrapMacintosh Color Classic II333351232/3268882 (optional)October 1993May 1994
nowrapMacintosh TV321651232/32October 1993February 1994
nowrapPowerBook Duo 250333351232/32October 1993May 1994
nowrapPowerBook Duo 270c333351232/3268882October 1993April 1994
nowrapMacintosh LC 550
Performa 550
Performa 560333351232/3268882 (optional)February 1994March 1995
nowrapPowerBook 150333351232/32July 1994October 1995

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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L1 cache
(KB)IntroducedDiscontinuedMC68040MC68LC040
Macintosh Quadra 70025258October 1991March 1993
Macintosh Quadra 90025258October 1991May 1992
Macintosh Quadra 95033338May 1992October 1995
Macintosh Centris 65025258February 1993October 1993
Macintosh Quadra 800
Workgroup Server 8033338February 1993March 1994
Workgroup Server 9533338March 1993April 1995
Macintosh Centris 660AV
Macintosh Quadra 660AV25258July 1993September 1994
Macintosh Quadra 840AV40408July 1993July 1994
Workgroup Server 6020–2520–258July 1993October 1994
Macintosh Quadra 61025258October 1993July 1994
Macintosh Quadra 65033338October 1993September 1994
Macintosh Quadra 63033338July 1994October 1995
PowerBook 550c33338May 1995April 1996
Macintosh Centris 61020208February 1993October 1993
Macintosh LC 475
Macintosh Quadra 605
Performa 475
Performa 47625258October 1993October 1994
Macintosh LC 575
Performa 575
Performa 576
Performa 577
Performa 57833338February 1994April 1995
PowerBook Duo 28033338April 1994November 1994
PowerBook Duo 280c33338April 1994January 1996
PowerBook 52025258May 1994June 1995
PowerBook 520c25258May 1994September 1995
PowerBook 54033338May 1994October 1994
PowerBook 540c33338May 1994August 1995
nowrapMacintosh LC 630
Performa 630
Performa 630CD
Performa 631CD
Performa 635CD
Performa 636
Performa 636CD
Performa 637CD
Performa 638CD
Performa 640CD33338July 1994February 1996
Macintosh LC 580
Performa 580CD
Performa 588CD33338April 1995April 1996
PowerBook 19033338August 1995June 1996
PowerBook 190cs33338August 1995October 1996

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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L1 cache
(KB)
(data/
instr.)L2 cache
(KB)IntroducedDiscontinuedPowerPC 601PowerPC 601v
nowrapPower Macintosh 6100
Performa 6110CD
Performa 6112CD
Performa 6115CD
Performa 6116CD
Performa 6117CD
Performa 6118CD60–6630.0–33.316/16March 1994October 1995
nowrapPower Macintosh 710066–8033.3–40.016/16March 1994January 1996
nowrapPower Macintosh 810080–10033.3–40.016/16256March 1994July 1995
nowrapWorkgroup Server 615060–6630.0–33.316/16April 1994April 1996
nowrapWorkgroup Server 815080–11036.7–40.016/16256April 1994April 1996
nowrapWorkgroup Server 915080–12040.016/16512–1024April 1994May 1996
nowrapPower Macintosh 720075–12037.5–40.016/16August 1995February 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 750010050.016/16August 1995May 1996
nowrapWorkgroup Server 725012040.016/16February 1996April 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 8200100–12040.016/16256April 1996July 1996
nowrapPower Macintosh 810011036.716/16256March 1994July 1995

PowerPC 603

A Motorola PowerPC 603 processor
ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L1 cache
(KB)
(data/
instr.)L2 cache
(KB)IntroducedDiscontinuedPowerPC 603PowerPC 603ePowerPC 603ev
nowrapPower Macintosh 5200 LC
Performa 5200CD
Performa 5210CD
Performa 5215CD
Performa 5220CD7537.58/8256April 1995April 1996
nowrapPower Macintosh 6200
Performa 6200CD
Performa 6205CD
Performa 6210CD
Performa 6214CD
Performa 6216CD
Performa 6218CD
Performa 6220CD
Performa 6230CD7537.58/8256May 1995July 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 5300 LC
Performa 5300CD (DE)
Performa 5320CD100–12040.016/16256August 1995April 1996
nowrapPowerBook 5300c/ce/cs100–11733.316/16August 1995August 1996
nowrapPowerBook Duo 2300c10033.316/16August 1995February 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 5260
Performa 5260CD
Performa 5270CD
Performa 5280CD100–12040.016/16256April 1996March 1997
nowrapPerforma 6260CD
Performa 6290CD
Performa 6300CD
Performa 6310CD10040.016/16256May 1996July 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 6300/120
Performa 632012040.016/16256May 1996July 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 4400
Power Macintosh 7220160–20040.016/16256November 1996February 1998
nowrapPowerBook 1400c/cs117–13333.316/16November 1996May 1998
nowrapPower Macintosh 5400
Performa 5400CD
Performa 5410CD
Performa 5420CD
Performa 5430CD
Performa 5440CD120–20040.016/16256April 1996early 1998
nowrapPower Macintosh 6400
Performa 6400
Performa 6410
Performa 6420180–20040.016/16256August 1996August 1997
nowrapPerforma 636016040.016/16October 1996October 1997
nowrapPowerBook 1400c/cs16633.316/16128November 1996May 1998
nowrapPower Macintosh 5500225–27550.016/16256February 1997early 1998
nowrapPower Macintosh 6500225–30050.016/16256February 1997March 1998
nowrapPowerBook 3400180–24040.016/16256February 1997November 1997
nowrap20th Anniversary Macintosh25050.016/16128May 1997March 1998
nowrapPowerBook 2400180–24040.016/16256May 1997May 1998

PowerPC 604

An IBM PowerPC 604e processor

The PowerPC 604e was the first Mac processor available in a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configuration.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L2 cache
(KB)CPUsIntroducedDiscontinuedPowerPC 604PowerPC 604ePowerPC 604ev
nowrapPower Macintosh 9500120–15040–505121May 1995August 1996
nowrapPower Macintosh 8500120–15040–502561August 1995September 1996
nowrapNetwork Server 500132445121February 1996April 1997
nowrapWorkgroup Server 8550132445121February 1996September 1996
nowrapPower Macintosh 7600120–13240–442561April 1996August 1996
nowrapPower Macintosh 8500180452561August 1996February 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 9500180–20045–505121–2August 1996February 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 7600200502561August 1996November 1997
nowrapNetwork Server 700150–2005010241September 1996April 1997
nowrapWorkgroup Server 8550200505121September 1996April 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 7300166–20045–502561February 1997November 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 8600200505121February 1997August 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 9600200–233505121–2February 1997August 1997
nowrapWorkgroup Server 7350180452561April 1997March 1998
nowrapWorkgroup Server 9650233505121April 1997August 1997
nowrapPower Macintosh 8600250–3005010241August 1997February 1998
nowrapPower Macintosh 9600300–3505010241August 1997March 1998
nowrapWorkgroup Server 96503505010241August 1997March 1998

PowerPC G3

Main article: PowerPC 7xx

An IBM PowerPC 750CXe ("G3") processor
ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L2 cache
(KB)IntroducedDiscontinuedPowerPC 750PowerPC 750CXPowerPC 750CXePowerPC 755PowerPC 750FX
nowrapPower Macintosh G3 (Beige)233–33366512–1024November 1997January 1999
nowrapPowerBook G3233–50050–100512–1024November 1997January 2001
nowrapMacintosh Server G3 (Beige)233–333661024March 1998December 1998
nowrapiMac G3 (original)
iMac G3 (Summer 2000)
iMac G3 (Winter 2001)233–50066–100512August 1998July 2001
nowrapPower Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)300–4501001024January 1999September 1999
nowrapMacintosh Server G3 (Blue & White)350–4501001024January 1999August 1999
nowrapiBook (original)
iBook (original SE)300–36666512September 1999September 2000
nowrapiMac G3 (Winter 2001)
iMac G3 (Summer 2001)600100256September 2000May 2001
nowrapiBook (FireWire)
iBook (FireWire SE)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Mid 2001)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Late 2001)366–50066–100256–512September 2000May 2002
nowrapiMac G3 (Summer 2001)500–700100256July 2001March 2003
nowrapiBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Late 2001)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Early 2002)600100256October 2001May 2002
nowrapiBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Mid 2002)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Late 2002)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Early 2003)600–900100512May 2002October 2003

PowerPC G4

Main article: 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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(MHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)CPUsIntroducedDiscontinuedPowerPC 7400PowerPC 7410PowerPC 7441PowerPC 7445PowerPC 7450PowerPC 7451PowerPC 7455PowerPC 7457PowerPC 7447PowerPC 7447a
nowrapPower Mac G4 (Graphite)350–500100512–10241–2September 1999January 2001
nowrapMacintosh Server G4 (Graphite)350–500100512–10241–2January 2000January 2001
nowrapPower Mac G4 Cube450–500100512–10241August 2000April 2001
nowrapPower Mac G4 (Digital Audio)466–53313310241–2January 2001July 2001
nowrapPowerBook G4 (Mercury)400–50010010241January 2001October 2001
nowrapMacintosh Server G4 (Digital Audio)466–53313310241–2January 2001July 2001
nowrapPower Mac G4 Cube450–50010010241April 2001July 2001
nowrapeMac (2002)700–8001002561April 2002May 2003
nowrapeMac (2003)800–10001332561May 2003April 2004
nowrapPower Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)667–867133256–10240–21–2January 2001January 2002
nowrapMacintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver)733–10001332560–21–2September 2001August 2002
nowrapPowerBook G4 (Onyx)550–667100–1332561October 2001July 2002
nowrapiMac G4 (2002)700–8001002561January 2002January 2003
nowrapPowerBook G4 (Ivory)667–800133–1672561January 2002June 2004
nowrapPower Mac G4 (Quicksilver)800–1420133–1672561–41–2January 2002June 2004
nowrapPowerBook G4 (Antimony)667–1000133–1672560–11April 2002September 2003
nowrapXserve G41000–133313325621–2May 2002January 2004
nowrapMacintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver)1000–1250133–1672561–21–2August 2002January 2003
nowrapiMac G4 (2003)800–1250100–1672561February 2003July 2004
nowrapiBook G4 (Original)800–10001332561October 2003April 2004
nowrapPowerBook G4 (Aluminum)1000–1333133–1675121September 2003April 2004
nowrapPowerBook G4 (Aluminum)1333–16671675121April 2004April 2006
nowrapiBook G4 (2004, 2005)1000–1420133–1425121April 2004May 2006
nowrapMac mini G41250–15001675121January 2005February 2006
nowrapeMac (2004)12501675121April 2004May 2005
nowrapeMac (2005)14201675121May 2005July 2006

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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L2 cache
(KB)CPUsCores per
CPUIntroducedDiscontinuedPowerPC 970PowerPC 970FXPowerPC 970MP
nowrapPower Mac G5 (original)1.6–2.0800–10005121–21June 2003June 2004
nowrapXserve G52.0–2.31000–11505121–21January 2004August 2005
nowrapPower Mac G5 (Mid 2004, Early 2005)1.8–2.7900–13505121–21June 2004November 2005
nowrapiMac G51.6–2.1533–70051211August 2004January 2006
nowrapPower Mac G5 (Late 2005)2.0–2.51000–12502×10241–22November 2005August 2006

Intel x86

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Overview

Processor
familyProcess
(nm)MMXSSESSE2SSE3SSSE3SSE4.1SSE4.2AVXDBS/
EISTXD bitVT-xAESIntel 64Quick
SyncTXTQPIHTITBYonahCore
PenrynNehalem
WestmereSandy Bridge
Ivy BridgeHaswell
BroadwellSkylake
Kaby Lake
Coffee Lake
Cascade Lake
Comet Lake
Ice Lake
65
65/45
45/32
32/22
22/14
14/10

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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L2 cache
(MB)CPUsCores per
CPUIntroducedDiscontinuedCore Duo ("Yonah")Core Solo ("Yonah")Pentium M ULV ("Crofton")
iMac (Early 2006)
iMac (Mid 2006)1.83–2.00667212January 2006September 2006
MacBook Pro (Early 2006)1.83–2.16667212February 2006October 2006
Mac mini (Early 2006)
Mac mini (Late 2006)1.66–1.83667212February 2006August 2007
MacBook (Mid 2006)1.83–2.00667212May 2006November 2006
Mac mini (Early 2006)1.50667211February 2006September 2006
Apple TV (1st generation)1.00350211January 2007September 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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L2 cache
(MB)CPUsCores per
CPUIntroducedDiscontinuedXeon 5100 ("Woodcrest")Core 2 Duo ("Merom")Xeon 5300 ("Clovertown")Core 2 Extreme ("Merom XE")
last=Bangemanfirst=Erictitle=Mac Pro reviewdate=2006-08-11url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/08/macprolanguage=en-usaccess-date=2022-05-25}}2.00–3.001333422August 2006January 2008
Xserve (Late 2006)2.00–3.001333422October 2006January 2008
iMac (Late 2006)
iMac (Mid 2007)1.83–2.40667–8002–412September 2006April 2008
MacBook Pro (Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2007)
MacBook Pro (Late 2007)2.16–2.60667–800412October 2006February 2008
MacBook (Late 2006)
MacBook (Mid 2007)
MacBook (Late 2007)1.83–2.20667–8002–412November 2006February 2008
Mac mini (Mid 2007)1.83–2.006672–412August 2007March 2009
MacBook Air (Unibody)1.60–1.80800412January 2008October 2008
Mac Pro (Mid 2006)3.0013332×424April 2007January 2008
iMac (Mid 2007)2.80800412August 2007April 2008

Penryn

An Intel Wolfdale processor

Penryn added support for a subset for SSE4 (SSE4.1).

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)FSB speed
(MT/s)L2 cache
(MB)CPUsCores per
CPUIntroducedDiscontinuedXeon 5400 ("Harpertown")Core 2 Duo ("Penryn")Core 2 Duo ("Wolfdale")Core 2 Duo CULV ("Penryn")
Mac Pro (Early 2008)2.80–3.2016002×61–24January 2008March 2009
Xserve (Early 2008)2.80–3.0016002×61–24January 2008April 2009
MacBook Pro (Early 2008)
MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (Early 2009)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)2.26–3.0610663–612February 2008March 2011
MacBook (Early 2008)
MacBook (Late 2008)
MacBook (Early 2009)
MacBook (Mid 2009)
MacBook (Late 2009)
MacBook (Mid 2010)2.00–2.401066312February 2008July 2011
iMac (Early 2008)
iMac (Early 2009)
iMac (Mid 2009)2.40–3.061066612April 2008October 2009
MacBook Air (Unibody)
MacBook Air (Late 2010)1.60–2.131066612October 2008July 2011
Mac mini (Early 2009)2.00–2.661066312March 2009July 2011
Mac mini Server (Late 2009)2.53–2.661066312October 2009July 2011
iMac (Late 2009)3.06–3.331066–13333–612October 2009July 2010
MacBook Air (Late 2010)1.40–1.60800312October 2010July 2011

Nehalem

An Intel Bloomfield processor

Bloomfield and Gainestown introduced a number of notable features for the first time in any Mac processors:

  • Integrated memory controllers (with on-die DMI or QPI).
  • Simultaneous multithreading (branded as Hyper-threading).
  • Full support for the SSE4 instruction set (SSE4.2).
  • Support for Intel Turbo Boost.
  • Four cores on a single die rather than a multi-chip module of two dual-core dies.
ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)CPUsCores per
CPUQPIHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedXeon 3500 ("Bloomfield")Xeon 5500 ("Gainestown")Core i5 ("Lynnfield")Core i7 ("Lynnfield")
Mac Pro (Early 2009)2.66–3.334×256814March 2009July 2010
Mac Pro (Early 2009)2.26–2.934×256824March 2009August 2010
Xserve (Early 2009)2.26–3.334×25681–24April 2009January 2011
iMac (Late 2009)2.66–2.804×256814October 2009May 2011
iMac (Late 2009)2.80–2.934×256814October 2009May 2011

Westmere

Arrandale introduced Intel HD Graphics, an on-die integrated GPU.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)CPUsCores per
CPUQPIHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore i5 ("Arrandale")Core i7 ("Arrandale")Core i3 ("Clarkdale")Core i5 ("Clarkdale")Xeon 3600 ("Gulftown")Xeon 5600 ("Gulftown")
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)2.40–2.532×256312April 2010March 2011
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)2.662×256412April 2010March 2011
iMac (Mid 2010)3.06–3.202×256412July 2010May 2011
iMac (Mid 2010)3.602×256412July 2010May 2011
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Mac Pro (Mid 2012)3.336×2561216August 2010October 2013
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)2.40–3.064–6×2561224–6August 2010October 2013

Sandy Bridge

An Intel Core i7 2600K processor

Main article: Sandy Bridge

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.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore i5 (2-core)Core i7 (2-core)Core i7 (4-core)Core i5 (4-core)Core i5 CULV (2-core)Core i7 CULV (2-core)Core i3 (2-core)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (Late 2011)2.32×25632March 2011June 2012
Mac mini (Mid 2011)2.3–2.52×25632July 2011October 2012
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (Late 2011)2.7–2.82×25642March 2011June 2012
Mac mini (Mid 2011)2.72×25642July 2011October 2012
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (Late 2011)2.0–2.54×2566–84March 2011June 2012
iMac (Mid 2011)2.8–3.44×25684May 2011October 2012
Mac mini Server (Mid 2011)2.04×25664July 2011October 2012
iMac (Mid 2011)2.5–3.14×25664May 2011October 2012
MacBook Air (Mid 2011)1.6–1.72×25632July 2011June 2012
MacBook Air (Mid 2011)1.82×25642July 2011June 2012
iMac (Late 2011 education only)3.12×25632August 2011March 2013

Ivy Bridge

Main article: Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore i5 (2-core)Core i7 (2-core)Core i5 (4-core)Core i7 (4-core)Core i5 CULV (2-core)Core i7 CULV (2-core)Core i3 (2-core)Xeon E5 v2
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)2.52×25632June 2012October 2016
Mac mini (Late 2012)2.52×25632October 2012October 2014
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)2.9–3.02×25642June 2012October 2016
iMac (Late 2012)2.7–3.22×25664October 2012September 2013
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)2.3–2.84×2566–84June 2012October 2013
iMac (Late 2012)3.1–3.44×25684October 2012September 2013
Mac mini (Late 2012)2.3–2.64×25664October 2012October 2014
MacBook Air (Mid 2012)1.7–1.82×25632June 2012June 2013
MacBook Air (Mid 2012)2.02×25642June 2012June 2013
iMac (Early 2013 education-only)3.32×25632March 2013June 2014
Mac Pro (Late 2013)3.74×256104December 2013April 2017
3.56×256126December 2013December 2019
3.08×256258December 2013December 2019
2.712×2563012December 2013December 2019

Haswell

Main article: Haswell (microarchitecture)

The Crystal Well variant used in some MacBook Pros contains an on-package L4 cache shared between the CPU and integrated graphics.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)L4 cache
(MB)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore i5 ULT (2-core)Core i7 ULT (2-core)Core i5 (4-core)Core i7 (4-core)Core i5 (2-core)Core i7 (2-core)
MacBook Air (Mid 2013)
MacBook Air (Early 2014)1.3–1.42×25632June 2013March 2015
iMac (Mid 2014)1.42×25632June 2014October 2015
Mac mini (Late 2014)1.4–2.82×25632October 2014October 2018
MacBook Air (Mid 2013)
MacBook Air (Early 2014)1.72×25642June 2013March 2015
Mac mini (Late 2014)3.02×25642October 2014October 2018
iMac (Late 2013)2.7–3.54×2564–64September 2013October 2015
iMac (Late 2013)3.1–4.04×25684September 2013October 2015
MacBook Pro (Late 2013)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2015)2.0–2.84×25661284October 2013July 2018
MacBook Pro (Late 2013)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)2.4–2.82×25632October 2013March 2015
MacBook Pro (Late 2013)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)2.8–3.02×25642October 2013March 2015

Broadwell

Main article: Broadwell (microarchitecture)

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)L4 cache
(MB)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore MCore i5 ULT (2-core)Core i7 ULT (2-core)Core i5 (2-core)Core i7 (2-core)Core i5 (4-core)Core i7 (4-core)
MacBook (Early 2015)1.1–1.32×25642April 2015April 2016
MacBook Air (Early 2015)
MacBook Air (2017)1.6–1.82×25632March 2015July 2019
iMac (Late 2015)1.62×25632October 2015June 2017
MacBook Air (Early 2015)
MacBook Air (2017)2.22×25642March 2015July 2019
MacBook Pro (Early 2015)2.7–2.92×25632March 2015June 2017
MacBook Pro (Early 2015)3.12×25642March 2015June 2017
iMac (Late 2015)2.8–3.14×25641284October 2015June 2017
iMac (Late 2015)3.34×25661284October 2015June 2017

Skylake

Main article: Skylake (microarchitecture)

An Intel Core i7 6700K processor
ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)L4 cache
(MB)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore m3, m5, m7Core i5 (4-core)Core i7 (4-core)Core i5 (2-core)Core i7 (2-core)Xeon W
MacBook (Early 2016)1.1–1.32×25642April 2016June 2017
iMac (Late 2015)3.2–3.34×25664October 2015June 2017
iMac (Late 2015)4.04×25684rowspan=2rowspan=2October 2015June 2017
MacBook Pro (2016)2.6–2.96–8November 2016
MacBook Pro (2016)2.02×2564642rowspan=2rowspan=2October 2016June 2017
2.9–3.1November 2016
MacBook Pro (2016)2.42×25642rowspan=2rowspan=2October 2016June 2017
3.364November 2016
iMac Pro (2017)2.318×102424.7518rowspan=4rowspan=4December 2017March 2021
2.514×102419.2514
3.010×102413.7510
3.28×1024118

Kaby Lake

Main article: Kaby Lake

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)L4 cache
(MB)TDP
(W)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore m3Core i5 (2-core)Core i7 (2-core)Core i5 (4-core)Core i7 (4-core)
MacBook (2017)1.22×25644.52June 2017July 2019
MacBook (2017)1.32×25644.52rowspan=5rowspan=5June 2017July 2019
MacBook Air (2018)
MacBook Air (2019)1.67October 2018March 2020
iMac (2017)2.36415June 2017October 2021
MacBook Pro (2017)July 2019
3.1–3.328July 2018
MacBook (2017)1.42×25644.52rowspan=3rowspan=3June 2017July 2019
MacBook Pro (2017)2.515
3.56428July 2018
iMac (2017)3.0–3.84×256665–914June 2017March 2019
iMac (2017)3.6–4.24×256865–914rowspan=2rowspan=2June 2017March 2019
MacBook Pro (2017)2.8–2.96–845July 2018

Coffee Lake

Main article: Coffee Lake

Coffee Lake was the first 6-core processor to appear in a Mac notebook.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)L4 cache
(MB)TDP
(W)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore i5 (4-core)Core i7 (4-core)Core i3 (4-core)Core i5 (6-core)Core i7 (6-core)Core i9 (6-core)Core i9 (8-core)
MacBook Pro (2018)
MacBook Pro (2019)2.3–2.44×2566128284rowspan=2rowspan=2July 2018May 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)
MacBook Pro (2020)1.415July 2019November 2020
MacBook Pro (2018)
MacBook Pro (2019)2.7–2.84×2568128284rowspan=2rowspan=2July 2018May 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)
MacBook Pro (2020)1.715July 2019November 2020
Mac Mini (2018)3.64×2566654rowspan=2rowspan=2November 2018November 2020
iMac (2019)March 2019April 2021
Mac Mini (2018)3.06×2569656rowspan=3rowspan=3November 2018January 2023
iMac (2019)3.0–3.1March 2019April 2021
3.795August 2020
MacBook Pro (2018)2.2–2.66×2569456rowspan=2rowspan=2July 2018May 2019
MacBook Pro (2019)2.612May 2019October 2021
Mac Mini (2018)3.26×25612656rowspan=2rowspan=2November 2018January 2023
iMac (2019)March 2019April 2021
MacBook Pro (2018)2.96×25612456July 2018May 2019
iMac (2019)3.68×25616958rowspan=2rowspan=2March 2019August 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)2.3–2.445May 2019October 2021

Cascade Lake

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)TDP
(W)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedXeon W
Mac Pro (2019)2.528×102438.520528rowspan=5rowspan=5December 2019June 2023
2.724×10243324
3.216×10242216
3.312×102419.2518012
3.58×102416.51608

Comet Lake

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)TDP
(W)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore i5 (6-core)Core i7 (8-core)Core i9 (10-core)
iMac (2020)3.1–3.36×25612656rowspan=3rowspan=3August 2020March 2022
3.88×256161258
3.610×2562010

Ice Lake

Ice Lake (Sunny Cove) is a 10th generation chip.

ProcessorModelClock speed
(GHz)L2 cache
(KB)L3 cache
(MB)TDP
(W)Cores per
CPUHTITBIntroducedDiscontinuedCore i3 (2-core)Core i5 (4-core)Core i7 (4-core)
MacBook Air (2020)1.12×512492March 2020November 2020
MacBook Air (2020)1.14×5126104rowspan=2rowspan=2March 2020November 2020
MacBook Pro (2020)2.028May 2020October 2021
MacBook Air (2020)1.24×5128104rowspan=2rowspan=2March 2020November 2020
MacBook Pro (2020)2.328May 2020October 2021

Apple silicon

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M1

Main article: Apple 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. Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in October 2021.

The M1 Ultra is a processor combining two M1 Max chips in one package. 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) and seen as one processor in macOS.

ProcessorModelCPU CoresGPU CoresNeural Engine CoresIntroducedDiscontinuedApple M1Apple M1 ProApple M1 MaxApple M1 Ultra
iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)87–816May 2021October 2023
Mac mini (M1, 2020)8November 2020January 2023
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)7–8March 2024
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)8June 2022
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)8–1014–16October 2021January 2023
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)1016
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)24–32
Mac Studio (2022)March 2022June 2023
Mac Studio (2022)2048–6432

M2

Main article: Apple 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.

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.

ProcessorModelCPU CoresGPU CoresNeural Engine CoresIntroducedDiscontinuedApple M2Apple M2 ProApple M2 MaxApple M2 Ultra
MacBook Air (M2, 2022)88–1016July 2022March 2025
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)10June 2022October 2023
Mac mini (2023)January 2023October 2024
MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023)June 2023March 2024
Mac mini (2023)10–1216–19January 2023October 2024
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023)October 2023
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)1219
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)30–38
Mac Studio (2023)June 2023March 2025
Mac Studio (2023)2460–7632
Mac Pro (2023)current

M3

Main article: Apple 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.

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.

ProcessorModelCPU CoresGPU CoresNeural Engine CoresIntroducedDiscontinuedApple M3Apple M3 ProApple M3 MaxApple M3 Ultra
iMac (24-inch, 2023)88–1016November 2023October 2024
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, 2023)10
MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024)8–10March 2024March 2025
MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024)10
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro, 2023)11–1214–18November 2023October 2024
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)1218
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Max, 2023)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)14–1630–40
Mac Studio (2025)28–3260–8032March 2025current

M4

Main article: Apple 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.

ProcessorModelCPU CoresGPU CoresNeural Engine CoresIntroducedDiscontinuedApple M4Apple M4 ProApple M4 Max
iMac (24-inch, 2024)8–108–1016November 2024current
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4, 2024)1010October 2025
Mac mini (2024)current
MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)8–10March 2025
MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025)10
Mac mini (2024)12–1416–20November 2024
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro, 2024)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024)1420
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Max, 2024)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024)14–1632–40
Mac Studio (2025)March 2025

M5

Main article: Apple M5

The M5 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on a third-generation 3 nm process. 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 153 GB/s. It was first introduced in the MacBook Pro in October 2025.

ProcessorModelCPU CoresGPU CoresNeural Engine CoresIntroducedDiscontinuedApple M5
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5, 2025)101016October 2025current

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