Apple · ARM64
Apple M1: specs, benchmarks and comparison
Apple Silicon system on a chip. CPU: 8 cores. Integrated graphics: 7 / 8 cores. Unified memory: up to 16 GB.
- 8 cores
- Render rank
- 88 of 89
- among models tested in Blender Benchmark 4.5.0 · 13% of the leader
- Release
- 2020
Performance
Rank among models tested in the same benchmark on the same render backend.
Blender Benchmark 4.5.0
CPU, sum of scenes monster + junkshop + classroom
95 samples/min
higher is better
Rank 88 of 89 tested13% of the leader
95
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Nearest models in this benchmark
Median of 104 runs · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026
Other benchmark versions (18)
| Benchmark | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Blender Benchmark 5.2.0 | 98 samples/min | 49 of 49 |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.1 | 90 samples/min | 39 of 39 |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.0 | 91 samples/min | 22 of 22 |
| Blender Benchmark 5.0.0 | 93 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 4.4.0 | 94 samples/min | 71 of 72 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.3.0 | 94 samples/min | 79 of 80 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.2.0 | 93 samples/min | 83 of 84 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.1.0 | 95 samples/min | 50 of 52 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.0.0 | 96 samples/min | 64 of 65 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.6.0 | 95 samples/min | 52 of 52 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.5.0 | 94 samples/min | 40 of 40 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.4.0 | 96 samples/min | 36 of 36 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.3.0 | 100 samples/min | 28 of 29 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.2.1 | 93 samples/min | 19 of 19 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.2.0 | 112 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 3.1.2 | 92 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 3.1.0 | 93 samples/min | 19 of 19 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.0.1 | 100 samples/min | 8 of 8 |
Each benchmark version has its own scale; results from different versions are not compared.
Specifications
Cores and clocks
- Cores
- 8 (4P + 4E)
Platform
- Process node
- 5 nm
Memory and interfaces
- Memory type
- Unified memory
- Max memory capacity
- 16 GB
- Integrated graphics
- Apple M1 (7 / 8-core GPU)
CPU variants: 8 cores. The median for the line includes different CPU configurations if the chip has several variants. Memory capacity depends on the Mac configuration.
Specifications: Apple, checked November 14, 2026.