Apple adds matmul acceleration to A19 Pro GPU

11 aurareturn 2 9/9/2025, 5:50:38 PM
It's equivalent to Tensor cores from Nvidia. This means prompt processing will get a significant boost on Apple devices, making local LLMs far more viable on future Macs (as soon as M5).

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runjake · 1h ago
The only official mention I've seen so far was a brief mention in a slide during the presentation.

Useful /r/LocalLlama discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1ncprrq/apple_a...

Nokinside · 3h ago
The first SoC including Neural Engine was the A11 Bionic, used in iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X, introduced in 2017. Since then, every Apple A-series SoC has included a Neural Engine.