The next Apple Silicon Mac in 2021 may feature an M1X or M2 chip with more cores for heavy multi-processing and offer a discrete graphics card option.
The transition to Apple Silicon has started with the newest Mac mini, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air all containing an Apple-designed M1 system-on-a-chip (SoC). These are powerful devices beating many PC laptop computers, but the next chip from Apple, possibly called the M1X or M2, could bring performance to rival desktop systems based on Intel and AMD CPUs. Another point of concern with a desktop system is graphics. Apple’s M1 beats all other integrated graphics processing units (GPUs), but falls well behind most discrete GPUs, such as those that supercharge top desktop computers.
In November of 2020, Apple launched three new Mac computers that are powered by its own M1 SoC. This advanced processor has a unified architecture that eliminates repetitive movement of data between the CPU, GPU, and Neural Core, improving both speed and efficiency. Apple claims its SoC has the highest performance per watt and the M1 MacBook Pro provides a good example, lasting for as long as 20-hours on a single charge. What’s more, the new Mac computers offer up to three times better speed and six times greater graphics performance compared to the previous generation Intel-based models.
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