Which one of the central processing units is better: Apple A8 or Apple M1? On this page we compare the technical data and benchmark results of different CPUs.
The Apple A8 has 2 cores and 2 threads with maximum working frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Apple A8 was released on Q3/2014.
The Apple M1 has 8 cores with 2 threads and 1.50 GHz of frequency. The Apple M1 was released on Q4/2020.