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Apple M1 vs Apple A6
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M1 | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple M1 (9) | Apple A6/A6X (2) |
| Architecture | M1 | A6 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A5 | |
| Successor | Apple M2 | Apple A7 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M1 | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz |
2x Swift 1.30 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M1 | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M1 (8 Core) | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.30 GHz | 0.27 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 128 / 1024 | 6 / 48 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2020 | Q3/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M1 | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M1 | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M1 | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 18 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 20 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M1 | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q4/2020 | Q3/2012 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
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5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
9
Apple A6
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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