Hardware
Apple M1 8GB
apple-m1-8gbRecord
- Vendor
- apple
- Kind
- unified
- Backend
- metal
- VRAM
- 8 GB
- Memory type
- unified
- Bandwidth
- 68.25 GB/s
Remaining fields
Identity, launch, related records, and measured speed are shown above. This is the rest of the normalized record.
- accelerator backend
- metal
- aliases
- m1 8gb
- captured at
- 2026-08-27
- family
- m1
- id
- apple-m1-8gb
- kind
- unified
- name
- Apple M1 8GB
- product names
- MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mac mini, iMac 24-inch
- schema version
- local-ai-registry/v1
- vendor
- apple
- recipe count
- 0
accelerator
- gpu cores · max
- 8
- gpu cores · min
- 7
- gpu cores · variant note
- Memory-only registry ID spans Apple GPU variants.
- neural engine cores
- 16
commercial
- msrp · amount
- 699
- msrp · currency
- USD
Provenance & metadata (4)
availability · provenance
- captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
sources
| captured at | kind | publisher | url |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/11/apple-unleashes-m1/ ↗ |
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/11/introducing-the-next-generation-of-mac/ ↗ |
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/mac/compare/ ↗ |
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/04/imac-features-all-new-design-in-vibrant-colors-m1-chip-and-45k-retina-display/ ↗ |
availability · reason
- code
- not-currently-sold
- detail
- Audited vendor sources indicate this configuration is not offered for sale new; state promoted from the facts entry during the value-once migration.
availability · state unavailable
prices
| amount | currency | captured at | configuration | kind | region | scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 999 | USD | 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | MacBook Air M1 base configuration | MSRP | US | representative_product_starting_price |
| 1,299 | USD | 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | 13-inch MacBook Pro M1 base configuration | MSRP | US | representative_product_starting_price |
| 699 | USD | 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | Mac mini M1 base configuration | MSRP | US | representative_product_starting_price |
compute
stats
| variant | value | |
|---|---|---|
| fp32 | dense | 2.6 |
memory
- bandwidth gb per s
- 68.25
- cpu memory gb
- 8
- vram gb
- 8
- vram type
- unified
Provenance & metadata (2)
facts
- accelerator.gpu cores · note
- Range reflects multiple Apple GPU variants under one memory-only registry ID.
- commercial.msrp · note
- vendor launch price announced 2020-11-10; Base product: Mac mini with M1 and 8GB unified memory; Apple announced it starts at $699 (US).
- accelerator.gpu cores · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
accelerator.gpu cores · state known
- accelerator.neural engine cores · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
accelerator.neural engine cores · state known
- accelerator backend · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
accelerator backend · state known
- commercial.availability · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
commercial.availability · state known
- commercial.exact configuration price · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
- commercial.exact configuration price · reason · code
- not-published
- commercial.exact configuration price · reason · detail
- Apple publishes the representative product starting price but does not publish a stable public price table for every memory-only tier; do not infer a CTO premium.
commercial.exact configuration price · state unknown
- commercial.msrp · provenance · captured at
- 2026-09-01T06:34:24Z
commercial.msrp · state known
- commercial.prices · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
commercial.prices · state known
- memory.bandwidth gb per s · provenance · captured at
- 2026-09-01T04:39:16Z
memory.bandwidth gb per s · reason published-m1-unified-memory-bandwidth
memory.bandwidth gb per s · state known
- memory.vram gb · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
memory.vram gb · state known
- memory.vram type · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
memory.vram type · state known
- product names · provenance · captured at
- 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z
product names · state known
sources
| captured at | kind | publisher | url |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/11/apple-unleashes-m1/ ↗ |
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/11/introducing-the-next-generation-of-mac/ ↗ |
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/mac/compare/ ↗ |
| 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z | vendor | Apple | www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/04/imac-features-all-new-design-in-vibrant-colors-m1-chip-and-45k-retina-display/ ↗ |