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List of Mac models grouped by CPU type

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This list of Mac models grouped by CPU type contains all central processing units (CPUs) used by Apple Inc. for their Mac computers. It is grouped by processor family, processor model, and then chronologically by Mac models.

Motorola 68k

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Motorola 68000

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A Motorola 68000 processor in a dual in-line package, as the early Macintosh models used

The Motorola 68000 was the first Apple Macintosh processor. It has 32-bit CPU registers, a 24-bit address bus, and a 16-bit data path; Motorola referred to it as a "16-/32-bit microprocessor."[1]

Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
Introduced Discontinued
MC68000 Lisa[a] 5 5 January 1983 January 1984
Lisa 2[a][2][3] 5 5 January 1984 January 1985
Macintosh[b][4] 8 8 January 1984 October 1985
Macintosh 512K[5] 8 8 September 1984 April 1986
Macintosh XL[c] 5 5 January 1985 April 1985
Macintosh Plus[d] 8 8 January 1986 October 1990
Macintosh 512Ke[e] 8 8 April 1986 September 1987
Macintosh SE 8 8 March 1987 August 1989
Macintosh SE FDHD 8 8 August 1989 October 1990
Macintosh Classic[6][7][8] 8 8 October 1990 September 1992
MC68HC000 Macintosh Portable 16 16 September 1989 October 1991
PowerBook 100[9] 16 16 October 1991 August 1992

Motorola 68020

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A Motorola 68020 processor

The Motorola 68020 was the first 32-bit Mac processor, first used on the Macintosh II. The 68020 has many improvements over the 68000, including an instruction cache, and was the first Mac processor to support a paged memory management unit, the Motorola 68851.

The Macintosh LC configured the 68020 to use a 16-bit system bus with ASICs that limited RAM to 10 MB (as opposed to the 32-bit limit of 4 GB).

Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L1 cache
(bytes)
Data path width/
Address width
(bits)
PMMU FPU Introduced Discontinued
MC68020 Macintosh II 16 16 256 32/16 68851 (optional) 68881 March 1987 January 1990
Macintosh LC 16 16 256 16/16 October 1990 March 1992

Motorola 68030

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A Motorola 68030 processor

The Motorola 68030 was the first Mac processor with an integrated paged memory management unit, allowing for virtual memory. Another improvement over the 68020 was the addition of a data cache.

Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L1 cache
(bytes)
L2 cache
(KB)
Data path width/
Address width
(bits)
FPU Introduced Discontinued
MC68030 Macintosh IIx 16 16 512 32/32 68882 September 1988 October 1990
Macintosh SE/30 16 16 512 32/32 68882 January 1989 October 1990
Macintosh IIcx 16 16 512 32/32 68882 March 1989 February 1991
Macintosh IIci 25 25 512 0–32 32/32 68882 September 1989 February 1993
Macintosh IIfx 40 40 512 32 32/32 68882 March 1990 April 1992
Macintosh IIsi 20 20 512 32/32 68882 (optional) October 1990 March 1993
Macintosh Classic II[9]
Performa 200
16 16 512 16/32 October 1991 September 1993
PowerBook 140[9] 16 16 512 32/32 October 1991 August 1992
PowerBook 170[9] 25 25 512 32/32 68882 October 1991 October 1992
Macintosh LC II
Performa 400
Performa 405
Performa 410
Performa 430
16 16 512 16/32 March 1992 March 1993
PowerBook 145 25 25 512 32/32 August 1992 June 1993
Performa 600/600CD 32 16 512 32 32/32 68882 (optional) September 1992 October 1993
Macintosh IIvi 16 16 512 32 32/32 68882 (optional) October 1992 February 1993
Macintosh IIvx 32 16 512 32 32/32 68882 October 1992 October 1993
PowerBook 160 25 25 512 32/32 October 1992 August 1993
PowerBook 180 33 33 512 32/32 68882 October 1992 May 1994
PowerBook Duo 210 25 25 512 32/32 October 1992 October 1993
PowerBook Duo 230 33 33 512 32/32 October 1992 July 1994
Macintosh Color Classic
Performa 250
Performa 275
16 16 512 16/32 68882 (optional) February 1993 May 1994
Macintosh LC III
Performa 450
25 25 512 32/32 68882 (optional) February 1993 February 1994
PowerBook 165c 33 33 512 32/32 68882 February 1993 December 1993
Macintosh LC 520 25 25 512 32/32 68882 (optional) June 1993 February 1994
PowerBook 180c 33 33 512 32/32 68882 June 1993 March 1994
PowerBook 145B 25 25 512 32/32 July 1993 July 1994
PowerBook 165 33 33 512 32/32 August 1993 July 1994
Macintosh LC III+
Performa 460
Performa 466
Performa 467
33 33 512 32/32 68882 (optional) October 1993 February 1994
Macintosh Color Classic II 33 33 512 32/32 68882 (optional) October 1993 May 1994
Macintosh TV 32 16 512 32/32 October 1993 February 1994
PowerBook Duo 250 33 33 512 32/32 October 1993 May 1994
PowerBook Duo 270c 33 33 512 32/32 68882 October 1993 April 1994
Macintosh LC 550
Performa 550
Performa 560
33 33 512 32/32 68882 (optional) February 1994 March 1995
PowerBook 150 33 33 512 32/32 July 1994 October 1995

Motorola 68040

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A Motorola 68040 processor

The Motorola 68040 has improved per-clock performance compared to the 68030, as well as larger instruction and data caches, and was the first Mac processor with an integrated floating-point unit.

The MC68LC040 version was less expensive because it omitted the floating-point unit.

Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L1 cache
(KB)
Introduced Discontinued
MC68040 Macintosh Quadra 700 25 25 8 October 1991 March 1993
Macintosh Quadra 900 25 25 8 October 1991 May 1992
Macintosh Quadra 950 33 33 8 May 1992 October 1995
Macintosh Centris 650 25 25 8 February 1993 October 1993
Macintosh Quadra 800
Workgroup Server 80
33 33 8 February 1993 March 1994
Workgroup Server 95[f] 33 33 8 March 1993 April 1995
Macintosh Centris 660AV
Macintosh Quadra 660AV
25 25 8 July 1993 September 1994
Macintosh Quadra 840AV 40 40 8 July 1993 July 1994
Workgroup Server 60 20–25 20–25 8 July 1993 October 1994
Macintosh Quadra 610 25 25 8 October 1993 July 1994
Macintosh Quadra 650 33 33 8 October 1993 September 1994
Macintosh Quadra 630 33 33 8 July 1994 October 1995
PowerBook 550c 33 33 8 May 1995 April 1996
MC68LC040 Macintosh Centris 610 20 20 8 February 1993 October 1993
Macintosh LC 475
Macintosh Quadra 605
Performa 475
Performa 476
25 25 8 October 1993 October 1994
Macintosh LC 575
Performa 575
Performa 576
Performa 577
Performa 578
33 33 8 February 1994 April 1995
PowerBook Duo 280 33 33 8 April 1994 November 1994
PowerBook Duo 280c 33 33 8 April 1994 January 1996
PowerBook 520 25 25 8 May 1994 June 1995
PowerBook 520c 25 25 8 May 1994 September 1995
PowerBook 540 33 33 8 May 1994 October 1994
PowerBook 540c 33 33 8 May 1994 August 1995
Macintosh LC 630
Performa 630
Performa 630CD
Performa 631CD
Performa 635CD
Performa 636
Performa 636CD
Performa 637CD
Performa 638CD
Performa 640CD
33 33 8 July 1994 February 1996
Macintosh LC 580
Performa 580CD
Performa 588CD
33 33 8 April 1995 April 1996
PowerBook 190 33 33 8 August 1995 June 1996
PowerBook 190cs 33 33 8 August 1995 October 1996

PowerPC

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PowerPC 601

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An IBM PowerPC 601 processor

The PowerPC 601 was the first Mac processor to support the 32-bit PowerPC instruction set architecture.

Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L1 cache
(KB)
(data/
instr.)
L2 cache
(KB)
Introduced Discontinued
PowerPC 601 Power Macintosh 6100
Performa 6110CD
Performa 6112CD
Performa 6115CD
Performa 6116CD
Performa 6117CD
Performa 6118CD
60–66 30.0–33.3 16/16 March 1994 October 1995
Power Macintosh 7100 66–80 33.3–40.0 16/16 March 1994 January 1996
Power Macintosh 8100 80–100 33.3–40.0 16/16 256 March 1994 July 1995
Workgroup Server 6150 60–66 30.0–33.3 16/16 April 1994 April 1996
Workgroup Server 8150 80–110 36.7–40.0 16/16 256 April 1994 April 1996
Workgroup Server 9150 80–120 40.0 16/16 512–1024 April 1994 May 1996
Power Macintosh 7200 75–120 37.5–40.0 16/16 August 1995 February 1997
Power Macintosh 7500 100 50.0 16/16 August 1995 May 1996
Workgroup Server 7250 120 40.0 16/16 February 1996 April 1997
Power Macintosh 8200 100–120 40.0 16/16 256 April 1996 July 1996
PowerPC 601v Power Macintosh 8100 110 36.7 16/16 256 March 1994 July 1995

PowerPC 603

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A Motorola PowerPC 603 processor
Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L1 cache
(KB)
(data/
instr.)
L2 cache
(KB)
Introduced Discontinued
PowerPC 603 Power Macintosh 5200 LC
Performa 5200CD
Performa 5210CD
Performa 5215CD
Performa 5220CD
75 37.5 8/8 256 April 1995 April 1996
Power Macintosh 6200
Performa 6200CD
Performa 6205CD
Performa 6210CD
Performa 6214CD
Performa 6216CD
Performa 6218CD
Performa 6220CD
Performa 6230CD
75 37.5 8/8 256 May 1995 July 1997
PowerPC 603e Power Macintosh 5300 LC
Performa 5300CD (DE)
Performa 5320CD
100–120 40.0 16/16 256 August 1995 April 1996
PowerBook 5300c/ce/cs 100–117 33.3 16/16 August 1995 August 1996
PowerBook Duo 2300c 100 33.3 16/16 August 1995 February 1997
Power Macintosh 5260
Performa 5260CD
Performa 5270CD
Performa 5280CD
100–120 40.0 16/16 256 April 1996 March 1997
Performa 6260CD
Performa 6290CD
Performa 6300CD
Performa 6310CD
100 40.0 16/16 256 May 1996 July 1997
Power Macintosh 6300/120
Performa 6320
120 40.0 16/16 256 May 1996 July 1997
Power Macintosh 4400
Power Macintosh 7220
160–200 40.0 16/16 256 November 1996 February 1998
PowerBook 1400c/cs 117–133 33.3 16/16 November 1996 May 1998
PowerPC 603ev Power Macintosh 5400
Performa 5400CD
Performa 5410CD
Performa 5420CD
Performa 5430CD
Performa 5440CD
120–200 40.0 16/16 256 April 1996 early 1998
Power Macintosh 6400
Performa 6400
Performa 6410
Performa 6420
180–200 40.0 16/16 256 August 1996 August 1997
Performa 6360[g] 160 40.0 16/16 October 1996 October 1997
PowerBook 1400c/cs 166 33.3 16/16 128 November 1996 May 1998
Power Macintosh 5500 225–275 50.0 16/16 256 February 1997 early 1998
Power Macintosh 6500 225–300 50.0 16/16 256 February 1997 March 1998
PowerBook 3400 180–240 40.0 16/16 256 February 1997 November 1997
20th Anniversary Macintosh 250 50.0 16/16 128 May 1997 March 1998
PowerBook 2400 180–240 40.0 16/16 256 May 1997 May 1998

PowerPC 604

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An IBM PowerPC 604e processor

The PowerPC 604e was the first Mac processor available in a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configuration.

Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L2 cache
(KB)
CPUs Introduced Discontinued
PowerPC 604 Power Macintosh 9500[10] 120–150 40–50 512 1 May 1995 August 1996
Power Macintosh 8500[10] 120–150 40–50 256 1 August 1995 September 1996
Network Server 500[h] 132 44 512 1 February 1996 April 1997
Workgroup Server 8550 132 44 512 1 February 1996 September 1996
Power Macintosh 7600 120–132 40–44 256 1 April 1996 August 1996
PowerPC 604e Power Macintosh 8500 180 45 256 1 August 1996 February 1997
Power Macintosh 9500 180–200 45–50 512 1–2 August 1996 February 1997
Power Macintosh 7600 200 50 256 1 August 1996 November 1997
Network Server 700[h] 150–200 50 1024 1 September 1996 April 1997
Workgroup Server 8550 200 50 512 1 September 1996 April 1997
Power Macintosh 7300 166–200 45–50 256 1 February 1997 November 1997
Power Macintosh 8600 200 50 512 1 February 1997 August 1997
Power Macintosh 9600 200–233 50 512 1–2 February 1997 August 1997
Workgroup Server 7350 180 45 256 1 April 1997 March 1998
Workgroup Server 9650 233 50 512 1 April 1997 August 1997
PowerPC 604ev Power Macintosh 8600 250–300 50 1024 1 August 1997 February 1998
Power Macintosh 9600 300–350 50 1024 1 August 1997 March 1998
Workgroup Server 9650 350 50 1024 1 August 1997 March 1998

PowerPC G3

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An IBM PowerPC 750CXe ("G3") processor
Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L2 cache
(KB)
Introduced Discontinued
PowerPC 750 Power Macintosh G3 (Beige) 233–333 66 512-1024 November 1997 January 1999
PowerBook G3[11] 233–500 50–100 512–1024 November 1997 January 2001
Macintosh Server G3 (Beige) 233–333 66 1024 March 1998 December 1998
iMac G3 (original)
iMac G3 (Summer 2000)
iMac G3 (Winter 2001)
233–500 66–100 512 August 1998 July 2001
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) 300–450 100 1024 January 1999 September 1999
Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White) 350–450 100 1024 January 1999 August 1999
iBook (original)
iBook (original SE)
300–366 66 512 September 1999 September 2000
PowerPC 750CX iMac G3 (Winter 2001)
iMac G3 (Summer 2001)
600 100 256 September 2000 May 2001
PowerPC 750CXe iBook (FireWire)
iBook (FireWire SE)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Mid 2001)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Late 2001)
366–500 66–100 256–512 September 2000 May 2002
iMac G3 (Summer 2001) 500–700 100 256 July 2001 March 2003
PowerPC 755 iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Late 2001)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Early 2002)
600 100 256 October 2001 May 2002
PowerPC 750FX iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Mid 2002)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Late 2002)
iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow" Early 2003)
600–900 100 512 May 2002 October 2003

PowerPC G4

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A Motorola PowerPC 7400 ("G4") processor

The PowerPC 7400 was the first Mac processor to include an AltiVec vector processing unit.

The PowerPC 7455 was the first Mac processor over 1 GHz.

Processor Model Clock speed
(MHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
CPUs Introduced Discontinued
PowerPC 7400 Power Mac G4 (Graphite) 350–500 100 512–1024 1–2 September 1999 January 2001
Macintosh Server G4 (Graphite) 350–500 100 512–1024 1–2 January 2000 January 2001
Power Mac G4 Cube 450–500 100 512–1024 1 August 2000 April 2001
PowerPC 7410 Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) 466–533 133 1024 1–2 January 2001 July 2001
PowerBook G4 (Mercury) 400–500 100 1024 1 January 2001 October 2001
Macintosh Server G4 (Digital Audio) 466–533 133 1024 1–2 January 2001 July 2001
Power Mac G4 Cube[i] 450–500 100 1024 1 April 2001 July 2001
PowerPC 7441 eMac (2002) 700–800 100 256 1 April 2002 May 2003
PowerPC 7445 eMac (2003) 800–1000 133 256 1 May 2003 April 2004
PowerPC 7450 Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)
667–867 133 256–1024 0–2 1–2 January 2001 January 2002
Macintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver) 733–1000 133 256 0–2 1–2 September 2001 August 2002
PowerBook G4 (Onyx) 550–667 100–133 256 1 October 2001 July 2002
iMac G4 (2002) 700–800 100 256 1 January 2002 January 2003
PowerPC 7451 PowerBook G4 (Ivory) 667–800 133–167 256 1 January 2002 June 2004
PowerPC 7455 Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) 800–1420 133–167 256 1–4 1–2 January 2002 June 2004
PowerBook G4 (Antimony) 667–1000 133–167 256 0–1 1 April 2002 September 2003
Xserve G4 1000–1333 133 256 2 1–2 May 2002 January 2004
Macintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver) 1000–1250 133–167 256 1–2 1–2 August 2002 January 2003
iMac G4 (2003) 800–1250 100–167 256 1 February 2003 July 2004
PowerPC 7457 iBook G4 (Original) 800–1000 133 256 1 October 2003 April 2004
PowerPC 7447 PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) 1000–1333 133–167 512 1 September 2003 April 2004
PowerPC 7447a PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) 1333–1667 167 512 1 April 2004 April 2006
iBook G4 (2004, 2005) 1000–1420 133–142 512 1 April 2004 May 2006
Mac mini G4 1250–1500 167 512 1 January 2005 February 2006
eMac (2004) 1250 167 512 1 April 2004 May 2005
eMac (2005) 1420 167 512 1 May 2005 July 2006

PowerPC G5

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An IBM PowerPC 970FX ("G5") processor

The PowerPC 970 ("G5") was the first 64-bit Mac processor.

The PowerPC 970MP was the first dual-core Mac processor and the first to be found in a quad-core configuration. It was also the first Mac processor with partitioning and virtualization capabilities.

Apple only used three variants of the G5, and soon moved entirely onto Intel architecture.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L2 cache
(KB)
CPUs Cores per
CPU
Introduced Discontinued
PowerPC 970 Power Mac G5 (original)[13] 1.6–2.0 800–1000 512 1–2 1 June 2003 June 2004
PowerPC 970FX Xserve G5[14] 2.0–2.3 1000–1150 512 1–2 1 January 2004 August 2005
Power Mac G5 (Mid 2004, Early 2005)[15] 1.8–2.7 900–1350 512 1–2 1 June 2004 November 2005
iMac G5 1.6–2.1 533–700 512 1 1 August 2004 January 2006
PowerPC 970MP Power Mac G5 (Late 2005)[16] 2.0–2.5 1000–1250 2×1024 1–2 2 November 2005 August 2006

Intel x86

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Sources: Mac Benchmarks - Geekbench Browser, retrieved 2022-05-26 and Haslam, Karen, Which Mac processor? Apple processor comparison: M1 vs Intel, retrieved 2022-05-26

Overview

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Processor
family
Process
(nm)
MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 AVX DBS/
EIST
XD bit VT-x AES Intel 64 Quick
Sync
TXT QPI HT ITB
Yonah 65 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Core
Penryn
65/45 Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Some No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Some No No No
Nehalem
Westmere
45/32 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Some Yes No Some Some Some Some
Sandy Bridge
Ivy Bridge
32/22 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Yes Some Some Some Some Some
Haswell
Broadwell
22/14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Yes Some Some Some Some Some
Skylake
Kaby Lake
Coffee Lake
Cascade Lake
Comet Lake
Ice Lake
14/10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Some Some Some

P6

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Yonah was the first Mac processor to support the IA-32 instruction set architecture, in addition to the MMX, SSE, SSE2, and SSE3 extension instruction sets.

The Core Solo was a Core Duo with one of the two cores disabled.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L2 cache
(MB)
CPUs Cores per
CPU
Introduced Discontinued
Core Duo ("Yonah") iMac (Early 2006)
iMac (Mid 2006)
1.83–2.00 667 2 1 2 January 2006 September 2006
MacBook Pro (Early 2006) 1.83–2.16 667 2 1 2 February 2006 October 2006
Mac mini (Early 2006)
Mac mini (Late 2006)
1.66–1.83 667 2 1 2 February 2006 August 2007
MacBook (Mid 2006) 1.83–2.00 667 2 1 2 May 2006 November 2006
Core Solo ("Yonah") Mac mini (Early 2006) 1.50 667 2 1 1 February 2006 September 2006
Pentium M ULV ("Crofton") Apple TV (1st generation)[j][k] 1.00 350 2 1 1 January 2007 September 2010

Core

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Woodcrest added support for the SSSE3 instruction set.

Merom was the first Mac processor to support the x86-64 instruction set, as well as the first 64-bit processor to appear in a Mac notebook.

Clovertown was the first quad-core Mac processor and the first to be found in an 8-core configuration.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L2 cache
(MB)
CPUs Cores per
CPU
Introduced Discontinued
Xeon 5100 ("Woodcrest") Mac Pro (Mid 2006)[18] 2.00–3.00 1333 4 2 2 August 2006 January 2008
Xserve (Late 2006) 2.00–3.00 1333 4 2 2 October 2006 January 2008
Core 2 Duo ("Merom") iMac (Late 2006)
iMac (Mid 2007)[19]
1.83–2.40 667–800 2–4 1 2 September 2006 April 2008
MacBook Pro (Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2007)
MacBook Pro (Late 2007)
2.16–2.60 667–800 4 1 2 October 2006 February 2008
MacBook (Late 2006)
MacBook (Mid 2007)
MacBook (Late 2007)
1.83–2.20 667–800 2–4 1 2 November 2006 February 2008
Mac mini (Mid 2007) 1.83–2.00 667 2–4 1 2 August 2007 March 2009
MacBook Air (Unibody) 1.60–1.80 800 4 1 2 January 2008 October 2008
Xeon 5300 ("Clovertown") Mac Pro (Mid 2006)[18] 3.00 1333 2×4 2 4 April 2007 January 2008
Core 2 Extreme ("Merom XE") iMac (Mid 2007) 2.80 800 4 1 2 August 2007 April 2008

Penryn

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An Intel Wolfdale processor

Penryn added support for a subset for SSE4 (SSE4.1).

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
FSB speed
(MT/s)
L2 cache
(MB)
CPUs Cores per
CPU
Introduced Discontinued
Xeon 5400 ("Harpertown") Mac Pro (Early 2008) 2.80–3.20 1600 2×6 1–2 4 January 2008 March 2009
Xserve (Early 2008) 2.80–3.00 1600 2×6 1–2 4 January 2008 April 2009
Core 2 Duo ("Penryn") MacBook Pro (Early 2008)
MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (Early 2009)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
2.26–3.06 1066 3–6 1 2 February 2008 March 2011
MacBook (Early 2008)
MacBook (Late 2008)
MacBook (Early 2009)
MacBook (Mid 2009)
MacBook (Late 2009)
MacBook (Mid 2010)
2.00–2.40 1066 3 1 2 February 2008 July 2011
iMac (Early 2008)
iMac (Early 2009)
iMac (Mid 2009)
2.40–3.06 1066 6 1 2 April 2008 October 2009
MacBook Air (Unibody)
MacBook Air (Late 2010)
1.60–2.13 1066 6 1 2 October 2008 July 2011
Mac mini (Early 2009) 2.00–2.66 1066 3 1 2 March 2009 July 2011
Mac mini Server (Late 2009) 2.53–2.66 1066 3 1 2 October 2009 July 2011
Core 2 Duo ("Wolfdale") iMac (Late 2009) 3.06–3.33 1066–1333 3–6 1 2 October 2009 July 2010
Core 2 Duo CULV ("Penryn") MacBook Air (Late 2010) 1.40–1.60 800 3 1 2 October 2010 July 2011

Nehalem

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An Intel Bloomfield processor

Bloomfield and Gainestown introduced a number of notable features for the first time in any Mac processors:

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
CPUs Cores per
CPU
QPI HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Xeon 3500 ("Bloomfield") Mac Pro (Early 2009) 2.66–3.33 4×256 8 1 4 Yes Yes Yes March 2009 July 2010
Xeon 5500 ("Gainestown") Mac Pro (Early 2009) 2.26–2.93 4×256 8 2 4 Yes Yes Yes March 2009 August 2010
Xserve (Early 2009) 2.26–3.33 4×256 8 1–2 4 Yes Yes Yes April 2009 January 2011
Core i5 ("Lynnfield") iMac (Late 2009) 2.66–2.80 4×256 8 1 4 No No Yes October 2009 May 2011
Core i7 ("Lynnfield") iMac (Late 2009) 2.80–2.93 4×256 8 1 4 No Yes Yes October 2009 May 2011

Westmere

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Arrandale introduced Intel HD Graphics, an on-die integrated GPU.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
CPUs Cores per
CPU
QPI HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core i5 ("Arrandale") MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) 2.40–2.53 2×256 3 1 2 No Yes Yes April 2010 March 2011
Core i7 ("Arrandale") MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) 2.66 2×256 4 1 2 No Yes Yes April 2010 March 2011
Core i3 ("Clarkdale") iMac (Mid 2010) 3.06–3.20 2×256 4 1 2 No Yes No July 2010 May 2011
Core i5 ("Clarkdale") iMac (Mid 2010) 3.60 2×256 4 1 2 No Yes Yes July 2010 May 2011
Xeon 3600 ("Gulftown") Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
3.33 6×256 12 1 6 Yes Yes Yes August 2010 October 2013
Xeon 5600 ("Gulftown") Mac Pro (Mid 2010) 2.40–3.06 4–6×256 12 2 4–6 Yes Yes Yes August 2010 October 2013

Sandy Bridge

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An Intel Core i7 2600K processor

Sandy Bridge added support for Intel Quick Sync Video, a dedicated on-die video encoding and decoding core. It was also the first quad-core processor to appear in a Mac notebook.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core i5 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (Late 2011)
2.3 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes March 2011 June 2012
Mac mini (Mid 2011) 2.3–2.5 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes July 2011 October 2012
Core i7 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (Late 2011)
2.7–2.8 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes March 2011 June 2012
Mac mini (Mid 2011) 2.7 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes July 2011 October 2012
Core i7 (4-core) MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (Late 2011)
2.0–2.5 4×256 6–8 4 Yes Yes March 2011 June 2012
iMac (Mid 2011) 2.8–3.4 4×256 8 4 Yes Yes May 2011 October 2012
Mac mini Server (Mid 2011) 2.0 4×256 6 4 Yes Yes July 2011 October 2012
Core i3 (2-core) iMac (Late 2011 education only) 3.1 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes February 2011 March 2013
Core i5 (4-core) iMac (Mid 2011) 2.5–3.1 4×256 6 4 No Yes May 2011 October 2012
Core i5 CULV (2-core) MacBook Air (Mid 2011) 1.6–1.7 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes July 2011 June 2012
Core i7 CULV (2-core) MacBook Air (Mid 2011) 1.8 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes July 2011 June 2012

Ivy Bridge

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Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core i5 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) 2.5 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes June 2012 October 2016
Mac mini (Late 2012) 2.5 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes October 2012 October 2014
Core i5 (4-core) MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) 2.3 4×256 3 4 Yes Yes June 2012 October 2013
iMac (Late 2012) 2.7–3.2 2×256 6 4 Yes Yes October 2012 September 2013
Core i7 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) 2.9–3.0 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes June 2012 October 2016
Core i7 (4-core) MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) 2.3–2.8 4×256 6–8 4 Yes Yes June 2012 October 2013
iMac (Late 2012) 3.1–3.4 4×256 8 4 Yes Yes October 2012 September 2013
Mac mini (Late 2012) 2.7 4×256 6 4 Yes Yes October 2012 October 2014
Core i5 CULV (2-core) MacBook Air (Mid 2012) 1.7–1.8 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes June 2012 June 2013
Core i7 CULV (2-core) MacBook Air (Mid 2012) 2.0 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes June 2012 June 2013
Core i3 (2-core) iMac (Early 2013 education-only) 3.3 2×256 3 2 Yes No March 2013 June 2014
Xeon E5 v2 Mac Pro (Late 2013) 3.7 4×256 10 4 Yes Yes December 2013 April 2017
3.5 6×256 12 6 Yes Yes December 2013 December 2019
3.0 8×256 25 8 Yes Yes December 2013 December 2019
2.7 12×256 30 12 Yes Yes December 2013 December 2019

Haswell

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The Crystal Well variant used in some MacBook Pros contains an on-package L4 cache shared between the CPU and integrated graphics.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
L4 cache
(MB)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core i5 ULT (2-core) MacBook Air (Mid 2013)
MacBook Air (Early 2014)
1.3–1.4 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes June 2013 March 2015
iMac (Late 2013) 1.4 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes June 2014 October 2015
Mac mini (Late 2014) 1.4–2.8 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes October 2014 October 2018
Core i7 ULT (2-core) MacBook Air (Mid 2013)
MacBook Air (Early 2014)
1.7 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes June 2013 March 2015
Mac mini (Late 2014) 3.0 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes October 2014 October 2018
Core i5 (4-core) iMac (Late 2013) 2.7–3.5 4×256 4–6 4 No Yes September 2013 October 2015
Core i7 (4-core) iMac (Late 2013) 3.1–4.0 4×256 8 4 Yes Yes September 2013 October 2015
MacBook Pro (Late 2013)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2015)
2.0–2.8 4×256 6 128 4 Yes Yes October 2013 July 2018
Core i5 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Late 2013)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2015)
2.4–2.8 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes October 2013 March 2015
Core i7 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Late 2013)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2015)
2.8–3.0 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes October 2013 March 2015

Broadwell

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Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core M MacBook (Early 2015) 1.1–1.3 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes April 2015 April 2016
Core i5 ULT (2-core) iMac (Late 2015) 1.6 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes October 2015 June 2017
MacBook Air (Early 2015) 1.6 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes March 2015 June 2017
MacBook Air (2017) 1.8 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes June 2017 July 2019
Core i5 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Early 2015) 2.7–2.9 2×256 3 2 Yes Yes March 2015 June 2017
Core i7 ULT (2-core) MacBook Air (Early 2015)
MacBook Air (2017)
2.2 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes March 2015 July 2019
Core i7 (2-core) MacBook Pro (Early 2015) 3.1 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes March 2015 June 2017
Core i5 (4-core) iMac (Late 2015) 2.8–3.1 4×256 4 4 Yes Yes October 2015 June 2017
Core i7 (4-core) iMac (Late 2015) 3.3 4×256 6 4 Yes Yes October 2015 June 2017

Skylake

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An Intel Core i7 6700K processor
Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core m3, m5, m7 MacBook (Early 2016) 1.1–1.3 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes April 2016 June 2017
Core i5 (2-core) MacBook Pro (2016) 2.0 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes October 2016 June 2017
2.9–3.1 November 2016
Core i7 (2-core) MacBook Pro (2016) 2.4 2×256 4 2 Yes Yes October 2016 June 2017
3.3 November 2016
Core i5 (4-core) iMac (Late 2015) 3.2–3.3 4×256 6 4 No Yes October 2015 June 2017
Core i7 (4-core) iMac (Late 2015) 4.0 4×256 8 4 Yes Yes October 2015 June 2017
MacBook Pro (2016) 2.6–2.9 6–8 November 2016
Xeon W iMac Pro (2017) 2.3 18×1024 24.75 18 Yes Yes December 2017 March 2021
2.5 14×1024 19.25 14
3.0 10×1024 13.75 10
3.2 8×1024 11 8

Kaby Lake

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Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
TDP
(W)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core m3 MacBook (2017) 1.2 2×256 4 4.5 2 Yes Yes June 2017 July 2019
Core i5 (2-core) MacBook (2017)[l] 1.3 2×256 4 4.5 2 Yes Yes June 2017 July 2019
MacBook Air (2018)
MacBook Air (2019)
1.6 7 October 2018 July 2019
iMac (2017) 2.3 15 June 2017 October 2021
MacBook Pro (2017) July 2019
3.1–3.3 28 July 2018
Core i7 (2-core) MacBook (2017)[l] 1.4 2×256 4 4.5 2 Yes Yes June 2017 July 2019
MacBook Pro (2017) 2.5 15
3.5 28 July 2018
Core i5 (4-core) iMac (2017) 3.0–3.8 4×256 6 65–91 4 No Yes June 2017 March 2019
Core i7 (4-core) iMac (2017) 3.6–4.2 4×256 8 65–91 4 Yes Yes June 2017 March 2019
MacBook Pro (2017) 2.8–2.9 6–8 45 July 2018

Coffee Lake

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Coffee Lake was the first 6-core processor to appear in a Mac notebook.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
L4 cache
(MB)
TDP
(W)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core i3 (4-core) Mac Mini (2018) 3.6 4×256 6 65 4 Yes Yes November 2018 November 2020
iMac (2019) March 2019 April 2021
Core i5 (4-core) MacBook Pro (2018)
MacBook Pro (2019)
2.3–2.4 128 28 July 2018 May 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)
MacBook Pro (2020)
1.4 15 July 2019 November 2020
Core i7 (4-core) MacBook Pro (2018)
MacBook Pro (2019)
2.7–2.8 8 28 July 2018 May 2020
MacBook Pro (2019)
MacBook Pro (2020)
1.7 15 July 2019 November 2020
Core i5 (6-core) Mac Mini (2018) 3.0 6×256 9 65 6 November 2018 January 2023
iMac (2019) 3.0–3.1 March 2019 April 2021
3.7 95 August 2020
Core i7 (6-core) MacBook Pro (2018) 2.2–2.6 45 July 2018 May 2019
MacBook Pro (2019)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
2.6 12 May 2019 October 2021
Mac Mini (2018) 3.2 65 November 2018 January 2023
iMac (2019) March 2019 April 2021
Core i9 (6-core) MacBook Pro (2018) 2.9 45 July 2018 May 2019
Core i9 (8-core) MacBook Pro (2019)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
2.3–2.4 8×256 16 8 May 2019 October 2021
iMac (2019) 3.6 95 March 2019 August 2020

Cascade Lake

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Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
TDP
(W)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Xeon W Mac Pro (2019) 2.5 28×1024 38.5 205 28 Yes Yes December 2019 June 2023
2.7 24×1024 33 24
3.2 16×1024 22 16
3.3 12×1024 19.25 180 12
3.5 8×1024 16.5 160 8

Comet Lake

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Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
TDP
(W)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core i5 (6-core) iMac (2020) 3.1–3.3 6×256 12 65 6 Yes Yes August 2020 March 2022
Core i7 (8-core) 3.8 8×256 16 125 8
Core i9 (10-core) 3.6 10×256 20 10

Ice Lake

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Ice Lake (Sunny Cove) is a 10th generation chip.

Processor Model Clock speed
(GHz)
L2 cache
(KB)
L3 cache
(MB)
TDP
(W)
Cores per
CPU
HT ITB Introduced Discontinued
Core i3 (2-core) MacBook Air (2020) 1.1 2×512 4 9 2 Yes Yes March 2020 November 2020
Core i5 (4-core) MacBook Air (2020) 4×512 6 10 4
MacBook Pro (2020) 2.0 28 May 2020 October 2021
Core i7 (4-core) MacBook Air (2020) 1.2 8 10 March 2020 November 2020
MacBook Pro (2020) 2.3 28 May 2020 October 2021

Apple silicon

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Source: Haslam, Karen, Which Mac processor? Apple processor comparison: M1 vs Intel, retrieved 2022-05-26

M1

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An Apple M1 processor

The M1 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on the 5 nm process and contains 16 billion transistors. Its CPU cores are the first to be used in a Mac processor designed by Apple and the first to use the ARM instruction set architecture. It has 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency), up to 8 GPU cores, and a 16-core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR4X memory with a bandwidth of 68 GB/s. The M1 Pro and M1 Max SoCs are fabricated by TSMC on the 5 nm process and contain 33.7 and 57 billion transistors respectively. Both have 10 CPU cores (8 performance and 2 efficiency) and a 16-core Neural Engine.

The M1 Pro and M1 Max have a 16-core and 32-core GPU, and a 256-bit and 512-bit LPDDR5 memory bus supporting 200 and 400 GB/s bandwidth respectively.[20] Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in October 2021.[21][22]

On March 8, 2022, the M1 Ultra, a processor combining two M1 Max chips in one package,[23] was announced. It is initially available exclusively in the highest-end variants of the Mac Studio and was released simultaneously with on March 18, 2022. All parameters of the M1 Max processors are doubled in M1 Ultra processors, as they are essentially two M1 Max chips operating in parallel; they are, however, packed as one processor package (in size being bigger than Socket AM4 AMD Ryzen processor)[23] and seen as one M1 Ultra processor in macOS.

Processor Model CPU Cores GPU Cores Neural Engine Cores Introduced Discontinued
Apple M1 iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) 8 7–8 16 May 2021 October 2023
Mac mini (M1, 2020) 8 November 2020 January 2023
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) 7–8 March 2024
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) 8 June 2022
Apple M1 Pro MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) 8–10 14–16 October 2021 January 2023
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) 10 16
Apple M1 Max MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
24–32
Mac Studio (2022) March 2022 June 2023
Apple M1 Ultra Mac Studio (2022) 20 48–64 32

M2

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The M2 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on an enhanced 5 nm process, containing 20 billion transistors. It has 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency), up to 10 GPU cores, and a 16 core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 100 GB/s. The M2 Pro and M2 Max SoCs are fabricated by TSMC on an enhanced 5 nm process and contain 40 and 67 billion transistors respectively. Both have 12 CPU cores (8 performance and 4 efficiency) and a 16-core Neural Engine.

The M2 Pro and M2 Max have a 19-core and 38-core GPU, and a 256-bit and 512-bit LPDDR5 memory bus supporting 200 and 400 GB/s bandwidth respectively. Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in January 2023.[24]

The M2 Ultra is a processor combining two M2 Max dies in one package. It is available in the highest-end variants of the Mac Studio as well as the Mac Pro, both released on June 13, 2023.[25]

Processor Model CPU Cores GPU Cores Neural Engine Cores Introduced Discontinued
Apple M2 MacBook Air (13-inch, M2, 2022) 8 8–10 16 July 2022 current
MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023) 10 June 2023 March 2024
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) June 2022 October 2023
Mac mini (2023) January 2023 current
Apple M2 Pro Mac mini (2023) 10–12 16–19
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Pro, 2023) October 2023
MacBook Pro (16-inch, M2 Pro, 2023) 12 19
Apple M2 Max MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Max, 2023)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, M2 Max, 2023)
30–38
Mac Studio (2023) June 2023 current
Apple M2 Ultra Mac Studio (2023) 24 60–76 32
Mac Pro (2023)

M3

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The M3 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on the 3 nm process, containing 25 billion transistors. It has 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency), up to 10 GPU cores, and a 16 core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 100 GB/s. The M3 Pro and M3 Max SoCs are fabricated by TSMC on the 3 nm process and contain 37 and 92 billion transistors respectively. The M3 Pro has 12 CPU cores (6 performance and 6 efficiency), while the M3 Max has 16 CPU cores (12 performance and 4 efficiency); both have a 16-core Neural Engine.

The M3 Pro and M3 Max have an 18-core and 40-core GPU, and a 192-bit and 512-bit LPDDR5 memory bus supporting 150 and 400 GB/s bandwidth respectively. Both chips were first introduced in the MacBook Pro in October 2023.[26]

Processor Model CPU Cores GPU Cores Neural Engine Cores Introduced Discontinued
Apple M3 iMac (24-inch, M3, 2023) 8 8–10 16 November 2023 current
MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024) March 2024
MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024) 10
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, 2023) November 2023
Apple M3 Pro MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro, 2023) 11–12 14–18 November 2023
MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, 2023) 12 18
Apple M3 Max MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Max, 2023)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Max, 2023)
14–16 30–40

M4

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The M4 is a system on a chip fabricated by TSMC on an enhanced 5 nm process, containing 20 billion transistors. It has 10 CPU cores (5 performance and 5 efficiency), up to 10 GPU cores, and a 16 core Neural Engine, as well as LPDDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 100 GB/s.

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Included due to its compatibility with Macintosh software and common use as an early Macintosh development platform.
  2. ^ Retroactively named the "Macintosh 128K" after the release of the Macintosh 512K.
  3. ^ An Apple Lisa modified with MacWorks XL to run Mac software.
  4. ^ Sold in educational markets as the "Macintosh Plus ED."
  5. ^ Sold in educational markets as the "Macintosh ED."
  6. ^ Shipped with A/UX operating system but capable of running Mac OS.
  7. ^ Sold in Europe and Asia as the "Power Macintosh 6300/160."
  8. ^ a b Shipped with AIX operating system and incapable of running Mac OS.
  9. ^ User reports indicate that the Power Mac G4 Cube began shipping with the more power efficient PowerPC 7410 in April 2001.[12]
  10. ^ Ran a modified version of Mac OS X with the Front Row user interface.
  11. ^ Teardowns indicate that it used an under clocked Dothan-based Pentium M ULV processor,[citation needed] called "Crofton" by Intel.[17]
  12. ^ a b Uses an ultra low-voltage processor previously branded as Core M.

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