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Static dataset based on Intel ARK, Apple Newsroom, NVIDIA white paper, Chris Miller "Chip War" (2022), Dwarkesh Patel podcast "The Chip Race" (2023-2024), AnandTech reviews and Wikipedia Transistor Count. Approximate transistor count and nm for hybrid generations (multi-die). Not technical or financial advice.

29Chip
3 nmMinimum Node
208.0BMaximum Transistor
6Active Manufacturers

Timeframe: 1971-2026

Chip Federico Calo/Federico Calo2929

Intel 1971

Intel 4004

ISAx86Process10 μmTransistor2KTDP0.5 W
Intel 1974

Intel 8080

ISAx86Process6 μmTransistor6KTDP1 W
Has a predecessor
Intel 1978

Intel 8086

ISAx86Process3 μmTransistor29KTDP2.5 W
Has a predecessor
Intel 1985

Intel 80386

ISAx86Process2 μmTransistor275KTDP4 W
Has a predecessor
Intel 1993

Intel Pentium

ISAx86Process800 nmTransistor3.1MTDP10 W
Has a predecessor
AMD 1997

AMD K6

ISAx86Process350 nmTransistor8.8MTDP18 W
AMD 1999

AMD Athlon (K7)

ISAx86Process250 nmTransistor22.0MTDP42 W
Has a predecessor
Intel 2000

Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette)

ISAx86Process180 nmTransistor42.0MTDP55 W
Has a predecessor
Intel 2006

Intel Core Duo (Yonah)

ISAx86Process65 nmTransistor151.0MTDP31 W
Has a predecessor
ARM 2007

ARM Cortex-A8

ISAARMProcess65 nmTransistor166.0MTDP0.8 W
Intel 2008

Intel Core i7-920 (Nehalem)

ISAx86-64Process45 nmTransistor731.0MTDP130 W
Has a predecessor
Apple 2010

Apple A4

ISAARMProcess45 nmTransistor153.0MTDP2 W
Apple 2011

Apple A5

ISAARMProcess45 nmTransistor800.0MTDP3 W
Has a predecessor
ARM 2012

ARM Cortex-A53

ISAARMProcess28 nmTransistor30.0MTDP0.3 W
Has a predecessor
Apple 2013

Apple A7 (Cyclone)

ISAARMProcess28 nmTransistor1.0BTDP4 W
Has a predecessor
AMD 2017

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (Zen 1)

ISAx86-64Process14 nmTransistor4.8BTDP95 W
Has a predecessor
Apple 2017

Apple A11 Bionic

ISAARMProcess10 nmTransistor4.3BTDP6 W
Has a predecessor
NVIDIA 2017

NVIDIA Tesla V100

ISAGPU-CUDAProcess12 nmTransistor21.1BTDP300 W
SiFive 2018

SiFive U54 (Freedom U540)

ISARISC-VProcess28 nmTransistor6.0MTDP8 W
Intel 2020

Intel Core i9-10900K (Comet Lake)

ISAx86-64Process14 nmTransistor10.0BTDP125 W
Has a predecessor
Apple 2020

Apple A14 Bionic

ISAARMProcess5 nmTransistor11.8BTDP7 W
Has a predecessor
ARM 2020

ARM Cortex-A78

ISAARMProcess5 nmTransistor45.0MTDP5 W
Has a predecessor
NVIDIA 2020

NVIDIA A100 (Ampere)

ISAGPU-CUDAProcess7 nmTransistor54.2BTDP400 W
Has a predecessor
AMD 2022

AMD EPYC 9654 (Genoa)

ISAx86-64Process5 nmTransistor80.0BTDP360 W
Has a predecessor
NVIDIA 2022

NVIDIA H100 (Hopper)

ISAGPU-CUDAProcess4 nmTransistor80.0BTDP700 W
Has a predecessor
Apple 2023

Apple A17 Pro

ISAARMProcess3 nmTransistor19.0BTDP8 W
Has a predecessor
Apple 2024

Apple A18 Pro

ISAARMProcess3 nmTransistor22.0BTDP9 W
Has a predecessor
NVIDIA 2024

NVIDIA B200 (Blackwell)

ISAGPU-CUDAProcess4 nmTransistor208.0BTDP1000 W
Has a predecessor
SiFive 2024

SiFive P870 (Intel Horse Creek)

ISARISC-VProcess7 nmTransistor500.0MTDP25 W
Has a predecessor