Every Apple silicon M-series chip, product, and release date

Zac Hall | Mar 5 2025 - 12:50 pm PT

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 four 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
- iPad Air
- iPad Pro
Apple Vision
- Apple Vision Pro

Every M-series chip

With three generations of M-series chips so far, Apple has shipped a total of 15 different chip versions.

M1
- M1
- M1 Pro
- M1 Max
- M1 Ultra
M2
- M2
- M2 Pro
- M2 Max
- M2 Ultra
M3
- M3
- M3 Pro
- M3 Max
- M3 Ultra
M4
- M4
- M4 Pro
- M4 Max

M-series introduction dates

Top comment by Doug

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If speculation that the M4 will be released only 9 months after the M3 and the M3 shipped M3-M3 Max simultaneously then I'd suspect the M4 should also allow for a near simultaneous launch will will allow for Multiple new systems for WWDC all with a more advanced on Neural engine.

The only big question then is where is the ultra and does Apple skip the M3 and jump directly to the M4 some time around the end of the year (assume a 6 month delay from M4-M4 max till the ultra ships. That would put Apple in a good position to transition virtually its entire line to an updated neural engine by the end of the year when the New OS's are all ready to take advantage of them.

Maybe even a second gen AppleVision Pro M4.

The odd man out seems to be the iPad Air, unless they push the M4 into that as well. The low cost iPad can simply get the A18 chip to get the new neural engine but not sure how to get that into the iPad Air?

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Apple has introduced a new chip generation or version each year since 2020.

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