The M4 chip is built on TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process, making it more power-efficient and faster than previous Apple Silicon chips. It introduces an upgraded 10-core CPU with improved performance and efficiency cores, along with a Neural Engine capable of 38 trillion operations per second, enhancing AI tasks. Unlike previous chips, the M4 features a new GPU architecture with hardware-accelerated ray tracing, improving graphics performance. Additionally, it is the first ARMv9.2-A-based Apple Silicon, bringing better security, memory optimizations, and future-proofing over its predecessors.