we’re still comparing a phone chip versus a high-end laptop and even a high-end desktop chip, but given the performance numbers, that’s also exactly the point we’re trying to make here, setting the stage as the bare minimum of what Apple could achieve with their new Apple Silicon Ma...
Before we dig deeper into the x86 vs Apple Silicon debate, it would be useful to look into more detail how the A14 Firestorm cores have improved upon the A13 Lightning cores, as well as detail the power and power efficiency improvements of the new chip’s 5nm process node. The process n...
Apple Intelligence is only available on M-series Macs, iPads, and iPhones equipped with the A17 Pro chip or newer. It could arrive in the iPad 11 thanks to an upgrade to the A18 processor. A14 Bionic processor The A14 Bionic was first used in the iPhone 12 in 2020. It is a performat...
matching the size of the M1's version. The access latency is also up from 16 cycles to 18, while the A15 is also capable of one-cycle accesses to cache lines in L1 cache versus three cycles on the A14.