iPhone Chips List: SoC Details of All Generations

Current Apple iPhones do not use a single CPU chip as the central processing unit, but rather a so-called system-on-a-chip (SoC). This also has a CPU unit, but has other elements on the same chip. For more recent iPhone models, for example: B. the graphics processor (GPU) included. There is also the Neural Engine, the Secure Enclave, areas for media processing and so on. But which iPhone has which SoC and in which generations was the chip system supported by external elements? You can find answers to these questions here. Below you will find all iPhone SoC names as well as CPU and GPU details from the first device from 2007.

List: These SoC models and other chips are in the iPhone

Apple did not use its own SoC in the first iPhone models, but instead relied on Samsung technology. And even though the A chip known for the Apple iPhone was already used as the SoC, it still took a while before Apple implemented a GPU unit on it. Until then, graphics processors from PowerVR Technologies were used. In the following list you will find an overview of the SoC, CPU and GPU in the individual iPhone models.

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Further information about iPhone hardware from Sir Apfelot

Here in the blog you will find numerous other articles and lists about the hardware in the individual models of the Apple iPhone. In addition to the individual articles that appear shortly after the launch of the new iPhones and only show the corresponding year, you can also take a look at these collection lists:

• RAM list: This is how much RAM the iPhone has (all generations)
• Apple iPhone battery capacity (mAh) of all models

Even more details about the iPhone SoC

In the table above you will find a lot of information about the individual system chips that are used in the respective iPhone. The information about the year is intended to make the assignment easier for you. I have also listed the number and names of the performance cores (2 each) and the efficiency cores (2 or 4 each). Details on the division of the CPU cores can be found here: Simply explained – high-efficiency cores vs. high-performance cores in Apple Silicon chips. You can find even more details about the individual chips on Wikipedia. The English-language pages on the A chips in particular offer nm information, transistor quantity, cache size, comparisons and more. Here's an example: A16 Bionic at Wikipedia.

Johannes Domke

After graduating from high school, Johannes completed an apprenticeship as a business assistant specializing in foreign languages. But then he decided to research and write, which resulted in his independence. For several years he has been working for Sir Apfelot, among others. His articles include product introductions, news, manuals, video games, consoles, and more. He follows Apple keynotes live via stream.