Apple’s A14 Bionic SoC
Lower performance than the M1, the design is expected to be similar in nature.
Performance differences are related to the battery life for a single charge, vs. the unlimited power available to the M1 chipset.
Optimized for mobile devices with no real cooling capability and limited battery size.
This chip features a 37% smaller die size.
Apple’s M1
SoC, not just a CPU: Contains a CPU and GPU for primary processing and graphics tasks. It also has a neural engine for AI tasks.
Larger CPU cache to speed up instruction and data access and reduce latency, but a smaller system cache.
The M1 has fewer restrictions so we see a doubling of the CPU1 and GPU cores, as well as DDR high speed memory interfaces (8 vs. 4).
Specialty blocks included, optimizing it for desktop applications where power savings is less critical. 37% die size increase of the M1 over the A14.