Is Apple M1 Chipset any Good?

Overview of Apple M1 chip in 2021.

Przemek Chojecki
3 min readDec 9, 2020

The Apple M1 is the first system-on-a-chip developed in-house for the Mac. It should be completed by the end of 2022.

According to Apple, you can expect big leaps in performance and efficiency with the M1. On the other hand, the chip also has limitations.

New Macbook Pro with M1 chip inside.

Apple M1 Overview

With sixteen billion transistors, it is expected to be the “world’s fastest CPU core” and the “fastest integrated graphics.

If Apple wasn’t skimpy with one thing yesterday, then it was the superlatives named for the M1. Where precisely the performance of the M1 is to be classified will only be able to be determined with independent tests after the publication of the first appropriately equipped products.

Last time with the M1, Apple introduced a new MacBook Air, a new MacBook Pro 13" and a new Mac mini.

Intel remains in Apple’s Range

Apple continues to offer the MacBook Pro and Mac mini with Intel processors, so the company has not (yet) carried out the radical cut. However, that was never mentioned, but a two-year transition phase until the end of 2022.

The fact that Apple continues to keep Macs with Intel processors in its range…

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Przemek Chojecki

AI & crypto, PhD in mathematics, Forbes 30 under 30, former Oxford fellow.