List of Apple TVs

There are five iterations of the Apple TV.

Apple TV (1st generation)
The first generation Apple TV does not run on a variant of iOS, nor is it an ARM platform. Rather, it runs a variant of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger on an Intel platform.


 * Color: Silver/White
 * Power Supply Specs:
 * Current: 7.2 Amps
 * Power: 48 Wh
 * Voltage: 5 V
 * CPU Specs:
 * Core Design: Intel "Crofton" Pentium M x 1
 * CPU Speed: 1 GHz
 * RAM: 256 MiB 400 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
 * Storage: 40/160
 * Firmware: Modified build of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
 * Initial firmware: 1.0
 * Last firmware: 3.0.2
 * Internal Name:

Apple TV (2nd generation)

 * Color: Black
 * Firmware:
 * Initial firmware: 4.0 / 4.1 (8M89)
 * Last firmware: 6.2.1 / 7.1.2 (11D258)
 * Internal Name:
 * Power Supply Specs:
 * Current: 1.75 Amps
 * Power: 5.95 Wh
 * Voltage: 3.4 V
 * CPU: S5L8930
 * CPU Speed: 1 GHz
 * Instruction Set: ARMv7
 * RAM: 256 MiB DRAM MB
 * Storage: 8 GB

Apple TV (3rd generation)

 * Color: Black
 * CPU Specs:
 * Core Design: ARM Cortex-A9 x 1 (another core is present on S5L8942, but disabled)
 * CPU:
 * AppleTV3,1: S5L8942
 * AppleTV3,2: S5L8947
 * CPU Speed: 1 GHz
 * Instruction Set: ARMv7
 * Firmware:
 * Initial firmware: 5.0 / 5.1 (9B179b), 5.2 / 6.1 (10B144b)
 * Last firmware: 7.9 / 8.4.4 (12H1006), 7.9 / 8.4.4 (12H1006)
 * Internal Name: ,
 * Power Supply Specs:
 * Current: 1.75 Amps
 * Power: 5.95 Wh
 * Voltage: 3.4 V
 * RAM: 512 MiB DRAM
 * Storage: 8 GB

Apple TV HD

 * Color: Black
 * CPU Specs:
 * Core Design: Apple Typhoon x 2
 * CPU: T7000
 * CPU Speed: 1.5 GHz
 * Instruction Set: ARMv8
 * Firmware:
 * Initial firmware: 9.0 (13T396)
 * Latest firmware:
 * Latest beta firmware:
 * Internal Name:
 * Power Supply Specs:
 * Current: 0.917 Amps
 * Power: 410 Wh
 * Voltage: 12 V
 * RAM: 2 GB
 * Storage: 32/64 GB

Apple TV 4K

 * Color: Black
 * CPU Specs:
 * Core Design: Apple Hurricane & Apple Zephyr
 * CPU: T8011
 * CPU Speed: 2.38 GHz
 * Instruction Set: ARMv8
 * Firmware:
 * Initial firmware: 11.0 (15J381)
 * Latest firmware:
 * Latest beta firmware:
 * Internal Name:
 * Power Supply Specs:
 * Current: 1.083 Amps
 * Power: ? Wh
 * Voltage: 12 V
 * RAM: 3 GB
 * Storage: 32/64 GB

Apple TV 4K (2nd generation)


Summary Hardware Firmwares
 * Announcement Date: 2021
 * Release Date: 2021
 * Launch Price: $179 USD (32GB) and $199 USD (64GB)
 * Color: Black
 * Processor: Apple A12 Bionic
 * Memory: 3 GB LPDDR4 SDRAM
 * Storage: 32 GB or 64 GB NAND Flash
 * Initial firmware: 14.5 (18L204)
 * Latest firmware:
 * Latest beta firmware:
 * Firmware Identifier: AppleTV11,1

Apple TV 4K (3rd generation)


Summary Hardware Firmwares
 * Announcement Date: 2022
 * Release Date: 2022
 * Launch Price: $129 USD (64GB, Wi-Fi) and $149 USD (128GB, Wi-Fi + Ethernet)
 * Color: Black
 * Processor: Apple A15 Bionic
 * Memory: 4 GB LPDDR4 SDRAM
 * Storage: 64 GB or 128 GB NAND Flash
 * Initial firmware: 16.1 (20K71)
 * Latest firmware:
 * Latest beta firmware:
 * Firmware Identifier: AppleTV14,1