Apple M1X would be twice as powerful as the M1: 12 vs 8 cores

New data appears on the Apple M1X and M2, with a difference in the manufacturing process between the two. Even so, its power will be much higher than that of the current M1 and it will not take long to reach the market. In principle, we will see compositions of large and small nuclei, which remind us of Alder Lake-S.

Apple already has prepared the next SoC that will succeed the M1 and that would have the same lithography: 5nm. It would be made by TSMC, but it will come with 12 high-performance cores, which is 4 more than Apple Silicon's first SoC. In addition, there is news about the mysterious Apple M2, which will be a much more advanced chip than the M1X and M1.

Apple M1X and M2: up to 4 times more powerful than M1

Given the good performance that has resulted from the Apple M1 SoC, the apple company has its successor ready: the M1X. This chip will come with a 5nm lithography by TSMC, organizing with 12 cores in total. In the case of the M2, the total number of cores will be 16 and the manufacturing process will be 3nm, also by TSMC.

For now, in 2021, the Apple M1X will arrive to give life to Mac Pro, iMac and other "desktop computers", Mac Mini? On the other hand, the Apple M2 will come from 2022, but from this, it is not known where it will reside.

The novelty of the Apple M2 would be that, like NVIDIA and Intel, it is going to adopt a design of powerful and efficient cores: 12 large cores and 4 efficient cores, exactly. And there are many eyes on these SoCs because the M1 has already stood up to x86 processors in laptops, such as the Tiger Lake-U and Zen 3 (Ryzen 5000) families.

We question it, but the source affirms that we would see the Intel Xeon options replaced by these SoCs, and it is that it seems very strange, as far as potential. It has already been said that Apple will progressively discard Intel processors in its products to make way for its own chips.

On the other hand, it must be said that Apple's plans are also to have its own GPU, so AMD would be in the spotlight as well. Those of Cupertino want to offer a closed and exclusive system: created by them, used by them. This policy is not new to Apple, but it has always relied on third-party manufacturers for its devices.

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