Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ Event: By the Numbers

As usual, Apple sprinkled facts, figures, and statistics throughout its presentation today. Here are highlights of some of those metrics from the event that was held online from Apple Park in Cupertino, California.

iPhone SE

5G connectivity

64, 128, and 256GB storage capacities

4 grams lighter than the iPhone SE it replaces

An A15 Bionic chip with a 6-core CPU consisting of 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

A 4-core GPU

A 16-core Neural Engine

IP67 water resistance

Up to 2 hours more battery life when watching video

Support for Smart HDR 4 photography

iPad Air

M1 chip

5G connectivity

64 and 256GB storage capacities

The Wi-Fi-only model saves you 1 gram of weight for a total weight of 461 grams (1.02 pounds) compared to the Wi-Fi plus Cellular model

A USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 port that is 2x faster at 10Gbps than the one on the model it replaces

Ultra Wide 12MP camera that supports Center Stage

Mac Studio

2 base configurations featuring the M1 Max and new M1 Ultra

Up to 20‑core CPU

Up to 64‑core GPU

Up to 128GB unified memory

Up to 800GB/s memory bandwidth

4 Thunderbolt ports on the rear of the Mac Studio

2 Thunderbolt ports on the front of the Mac Studio with the M1 Ultra and 2 USB-C ports on the front of the M1 Max model

10Gb Ethernet

M1 Max:

Up to 9 streams of 8K ProRes video playback

57 billion transistors

Up to 11 trillion operations per second

Supports 5 displays

M1 Ultra

Up to 18 streams of 8K ProRes video playback

114 billion transistors

Up to 22 trillion operations per second

Supports 5 displays

Up to 8TB of storage with 7.4GB/s read times

Compared with a 27” iMac with a 10-core Intel Core i9 using a computational fluid dynamics test

Mac Studio with an M1 Max is 2.7x faster

Mac Studio with M1 Ultra is 5.3x faster

In an 8k render test using a 27” iMac with Radeon Pro 5700 XT graphics card

Mac Studio with an M1 Max is 3.5x faster

Mac Studio with M1 Ultra is 5x faster

Studio Display

27” diagonally

5K resolution

218 pixels per inch

600 nits of brightness

1 billion colors

12 MP Ultrawide camera with a 122-degree field of view

3 USB-C and 1 Thunderbolt 3 ports

6-speaker system