M-series Apple silicon chips tout impressive performance but unpredictable release cadence. That makes it hard to keep up with which chips are in which devices. Apple currently has three generations of M-series chips, up to four variations of each generation, and three product categories that use M-series chips. Here’s the data to make sense of it all.
Products with M-series Apple silicon
Within the three product categories, there are nine product lines that use M-series chips.
- Mac
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- Mac mini
- iMac
- Mac Studio
- Mac Pro
- iPad
- Vision
Every M-series chip
With three generations of M-series chips so far, Apple has shipped a total of 11 different chip versions.
- M1
- M1
- M1 Pro
- M1 Max
- M1 Ultra
- M2
- M2
- M2 Pro
- M2 Max
- M2 Ultra
- M3
Based on this pattern, an M3 Ultra is the obvious next chip release. Mark Gurman, who has an excellent track record reporting M-series chip details for Bloomberg, expects the M4 chip to arrive next, however.
M-series introduction dates
Apple has also introduced a new chip generation or version each year since 2020.
- M1: November 10, 2020
- M1 Pro: October 18, 2021
- M1 Max: October 18, 2021
- M1 Ultra: March 8, 2022
- M2: June 6, 2022
- M2 Pro: January 17, 2023
- M2 Max: January 17, 2023
- M2 Ultra: June 5, 2023
- M3: October 30, 2023
- M3 Pro: October 30, 2023
- M3 Max: October 30, 2023
Every M-series chip and product pairing
- M1
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- Mac mini
- iMac
- iPad Air
- iPad Pro
- M1 Pro
- M1 Max
- M1 Ultra
- M2
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- Mac mini
- iPad Pro
- Vision Pro
- M2 Pro
- M2 Max
- M2 Ultra
- M3
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- iMac
- M3 Pro
- M3 Max
Historically, each M-series chip has debuted inside a Mac before coming to the iPad. This could change on Tuesday, May 7, if Apple introduces an iPad Pro with an M4 chip inside at its product event. We’ll update our data accordingly.
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