ARM Cortex-M4 vs Apple M1

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M1 and ARM Cortex-M4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1113not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)no data
Current price$3.99 no data

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 and ARM Cortex-M4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)no data
Threads8no data
Base clock speed2.064 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHzno data
L1 cache2 MBno data
L2 cache16 MBno data
L3 cache16 MBno data
Chip lithography5 nmno data
Number of transistors16000 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 8-Core GPUno data

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Apple M1 and ARM Cortex-M4. We've got no test results to judge.


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