List of Apple TVs

There are seven 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^[1]
- CPU Speed: 1 GHz
RAM: 256 MiB 400 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Storage: 40/160 GB IDE hard drive
Firmware: Modified build of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Initial firmware: 1.0 (8N5107)
- Last firmware: 3.0.2 (8N6014)
Internal Name: AppleTV1,1

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: AppleTV2,1
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 / 8.4.7 (12H1006), 7.9 / 8.4.7 (12H1006)
Internal Name: AppleTV3,1, AppleTV3,2
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: 17.4 (21L227)
- Latest beta firmware: 17.5 beta (21L5543d)
Internal Name: AppleTV5,3
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: 17.4 (21L227)
- Latest beta firmware: 17.5 beta (21L5543d)
Internal Name: AppleTV6,2
Power Supply Specs:
- Current: 1.083 Amps
- Power: ? Wh
- Voltage: 12 V
RAM: 3 GB
Storage: 32/64 GB