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I don’t understand what Apple 1-9 are. At first I thought it was M series chips but there is no M9 (yet)
by azinman2 1mo ago
I don’t understand what Apple 1-9 are. At first I thought it was M series chips but there is no M9 (yet)
- niklasbuschmann 1mo agohttps://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlgpufamily https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlgpufamily
- wtallis 1mo agoSo those generation numbers aren't really anchored to Apple's hardware designs. It's just counting from when Apple introduced the Metal API, and the first several generations were when the GPU cores Apple was using were still nominally PowerVR designs.
- frabonacci 1mo agoyeah the naming is confusing. Apple family 9 isnt M9, it's a Metal GPU feature family. Apple maps family 7 to M1, family 8 to M2, family 9 to M3/M4, and family 10 to M5