Apple Watch Series
Apple Watch Series 12
1 chip
S11 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Apple Watch Series 11
1 chip
S10 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 10
1 chip
S10 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 9
1 chip
S9 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 8
1 chip
S8 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 7
1 chip
S7 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 6
1 chip
S6 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 5
1 chip
S5 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 4
1 chip
S4 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 3
1 chip
S3 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 2
1 chip
S2 (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch Series 1
1 chip
S1P (2c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Apple Watch (1st generation)
1 chip
S1 (1c CPU / c GPU)
Discontinued
Chip Comparison
| Spec | S11 | S10 | S9 | S8 | S7 | S6 | S5 | S4 | S3 | S2 | S1P | S1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Devices |
Apple Watch Series 12 Apple Watch Ultra 4 |
Apple Watch SE 3 | – | – | HomePod (2nd generation) | – | HomePod mini | – | – | – | – | – |
| CPU | ||||||||||||
| CPU Cores | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Performance CPU Name | – | Sawtooth | Sawtooth | Thunder | Thunder | Thunder | Tempest | Tempest | – | Cortex-A7 | Cortex-A7 | Cortex-A7 |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | – | – | – | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.59 | 1.59 | – | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 |
| CPU ISA | – | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv7k | ARMv7k | ARMv7k | ARMv7k |
| GPU | ||||||||||||
| GPU Vendor | – | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | – | PowerVR Series 6 | PowerVR Series 6 | PowerVR Series 5 |
| NPU | ||||||||||||
| Neural Engine cores | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Memory | ||||||||||||
| Memory type | – | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 |
| Semiconductor Tech | ||||||||||||
| Process node (nm) | – | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | 28 |
| Die size (mm²) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| Codename | – | – | APL1W15 | – | – | APL1W86 | – | APL1W82 | – | – | – | APL0778 |
| Part number | – | T8310 | T8310 | T8301 | T8301 | T8301 | T8006 | T8006 | T8004 | T8002 | T8002 | S7002 |
| Release date | 2026-09-18 | 2024-09-20 | 2023-09-22 | 2022-09-16 | 2021-10-15 | 2020-09-18 | 2019-09-20 | 2018-09-21 | 2017-09-22 | 2016-09-12 | 2016-09-12 | 2015-04-24 |