At its much-awaited ‘Unleashed’ hardware event, Apple has introduced us to its next-gen processors. While we had been expecting Apple to unveil the M1X chip today, the company has unveiled two chips as the successors to the first-gen M1 chip. Dubbed as the Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max, these two new chipsets feature a 10-core CPU, up to 32-core GPUs, and are way faster than the first-gen M1 chip.
If you thought the company’s first in-house M1 chip was a huge leap, the M1 Pro and M1 Max take that claim to the next level. These are the next-gen ARM-based chips that will power the upcoming MacBook Pro and Max mini.
“M1 Max is the largest chip Apple has ever built. M1 Pro and M1 Max are by far the most powerful chips Apple has ever built,” as per the official blog post.
“M1 Pro and M1 Max also feature enhanced media engines with dedicated ProRes accelerators specifically for pro video processing,” as per the official blog post. Talking about performance, Apple boasts that the M1 Pro and M1X chips deliver 70% faster performance than the first-gen M1 chip with 70% less power consumption.
