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I noticed the slides kept saying "Up to" 8 GPU cores. That left me wondering if there are different variants of the M1 with different core counts. (Note: It a
by grecy 6y ago
I noticed the slides kept saying "Up to" 8 GPU cores.
That left me wondering if there are different variants of the M1 with different core counts.
(Note: It always said 8 CPU cores)
- kevindong 6y agoLooks like there's two variations of the Air: one with 7 GPU cores and one with 8 GPU cores. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air
- _ph_ 6y agoAccording to the tech specs on the Apple site, the Air is available with 7 or 8 GPU cores. All other new Macs have 8.
- jagger27 6y agoThey did the exact same thing with the A12X and the A12Z. 7-core vs 8-core GPU is the only real difference between them.
- wincy 6y agoMy guess is maybe this is a yields thing for Apple Silicon? They use the same chips for Air and Pro, but shut off a faulty gpu core that didn't pass QA? Or a temperature thing.
- etempleton 6y agoAccording to Apple's website the Macbook Air appears to only have 7 active GPU cores. I suspect that chips in the Air may be binned separately and may or may not support the higher clock speeds even with the active cooling of the Mac Mini and Macbook Pro.
- duskwuff 6y ago7 on the base model, 8 on the upgrade. You're probably correct that this is a binning thing.