Apple TV Devices

Models

Apple TV 1,1 (A1218) (1 Gen, 1st) • 40/160GB • 2007-2010

Apple TV 1,1 (MA711LL/A) • Apple Remote (white)

Apple TV 2,1 (A1378) (2 Gen, 2nd) • 2010-2012

Apple TV 2,1 (MC572LL/A) • Apple Remote (aluminum)

Apple TV 3,1 (A1427) (3 Gen, 3rd) • 2012-2013

Apple TV 3,1 (MD199LL/A) • Apple Remote (aluminum)

Apple TV 3,2 (A1469) (3A Gen (r2), 3rd) • 2013-2016

Apple TV 3,2 (MD199KS/A) • Apple Remote (aluminum)

Apple TV HD (A1625) (4 Gen) • 32/64GB • 2015-2017

Apple TV 5,3 (MGY52LL/A) • Apple Siri Remote, TV Remote

Apple TV 4K (A1842) (5 Gen, 4K) • 32/64GB • 2017-2019

Apple TV 6,2 - MQD22LL/A (32GB), MP7P2LL/A (64GB)

• Apple Siri Remote, Apple TV Remote

Devices

Device	Type	PHY modes	Manuf.	CPU1	FLA1	RAM1	WI1	Ether.	Expan.	Ports	FCC date
Apple Siri Remote (A1962) FCC ID: BCGA1962	remote control relay	Bluetooth		STMicro STM32L151QD			unk.		USB Lightning	1x USB	2017-09-12
Apple TV 4k (A1842) FCC ID: BCGA1842	media streamer	abgn+ac	CoO:	Apple A10X	32,768 MiB34,359,738,368 B <br />268,435,456 Kib <br />33,554,432 KiB <br />262,144 Mib <br />32 GiB <br />	2,048 MiB2,147,483,648 B <br />16,777,216 Kib <br />2,097,152 KiB <br />16,384 Mib <br />2 GiB <br />	Broadcom BCM43572 2x2:2, abgn+ac Is a module	1G 1x LAN			2017-09-12
Apple TV A1378 (2rd generation) FCC ID: BCGA1378	media streamer	abgn	CoO:	Apple A4 (K4X2G643GE)	8,192 MiB8,589,934,592 B <br />67,108,864 Kib <br />8,388,608 KiB <br />65,536 Mib <br />8 GiB <br />	256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />	Broadcom BCM4329 1x1:1, abgn	100M 1x LAN			2010-09-01
Apple TV A1427 (3rd generation) FCC ID: BCGA1427	media streamer	abgn	CoO:	Apple A5	8,192 MiB8,589,934,592 B <br />67,108,864 Kib <br />8,388,608 KiB <br />65,536 Mib <br />8 GiB <br />		Broadcom BCM4330 1x1:1, abgn	100M 1x LAN			2012-03-07
Apple TV A1469 (3rd generation Rev A) FCC ID: BCGA1469	media streamer	abgn	CoO:	Apple A5 (S5L8947) 1 GHz	8,192 MiB8,589,934,592 B <br />67,108,864 Kib <br />8,388,608 KiB <br />65,536 Mib <br />8 GiB <br />	512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />	Broadcom BCM4334 1x1:1, abgn	100M 1x LAN			2013-01-29
Apple TV A1625 (4th generation) FCC ID: BCGA1625	media streamer	abgn+ac	CoO:	Apple A8 (APL1011) 2 cores	65,536 MiB68,719,476,736 B <br />536,870,912 Kib <br />67,108,864 KiB <br />524,288 Mib <br />64 GiB <br />	2,048 MiB2,147,483,648 B <br />16,777,216 Kib <br />2,097,152 KiB <br />16,384 Mib <br />2 GiB <br />	Broadcom BCM4345 2x2:2, abgn+ac Is a module	100M 1x LAN	USB Type C	1x USB	2015-09-09

List of Apple TVs

Models

Generation	Number	FCC ID	Name	Identifier	Processor	Color	Storage	Model
Apple TV (1 Gen)	A1218 (2007)	Unknown	Unknown	AppleTV1,1	Intel Pentium M @1.0GHz (Crofton)	Silver	40 GB	MA711
Apple TV (1 Gen)	A1218 (2007)	Unknown	Unknown	AppleTV1,1	Intel Pentium M @1.0GHz (Crofton)	Silver	160 GB	MB189
Apple TV (2 Gen)	A1378 (2010)	BCGA1378	K66AP	AppleTV2,1	Apple A4 @1.0GHz ARM (Cortex-A8)	Black	8 GB	MC572
Apple TV (3 Gen)	A1427 (2012)	BCGA1427	J33AP	AppleTV3,1	Apple A5 @1.0GHz ARM (Cortex-A9)	Black	8 GB	MD199LL
Apple TV (3 Gen) Rev A	A1469 (2013)	BCGA1469	J33IAP	AppleTV3,2	Apple A5 @1.0GHz ARM (Cortex-A9)	Black	8 GB	MD199KS
Apple TV HD (4 Gen)	A1625 (2015)	BCGA1625	J42dAP	AppleTV5,3	Apple A8 @1.5GHz (APL1011)	Black	32 GB	MGY52, ML4W2, MR912
Apple TV HD (4 Gen)	A1625 (2015)	BCGA1625	J42dAP	AppleTV5,3	Apple A8 @1.5GHz (APL1011)	Black	64 GB	MLNC2
Apple TV 4K (1 Gen)	A1842 (2017)	BCGA1842	J105aAP	AppleTV6,2	Apple A10X @2.38GHz (Fusion)	Black	32 GB	MQD22
Apple TV 4K (1 Gen)	A1842 (2017)	BCGA1842	J105aAP	AppleTV6,2	Apple A10X @2.38GHz (Fusion)	Black	64 GB	MP7P2
Apple TV 4K (2 Gen)	A2169 (2021)	BCGA2169	J305AP	AppleTV11,1	Apple A12 Bionic @2.49GHz (64‑bit)	Black	32 GB	MXGY2
Apple TV 4K (2 Gen)	A2169 (2021)	BCGA2169	J305AP	AppleTV11,1	Apple A12 Bionic @2.49GHz (64‑bit)	Black	64 GB	MXH02
Apple TV 4K (3 Gen) Wi-Fi	A2737 (2022)	BCGA2737	J305AP ?	AppleTV12,1 B0BJLDVJTC	Apple A15 Bionic @3.23GHz (64‑bit)	Black	64 GB	MN873
Apple TV 4K (3 Gen) Wi-Fi	A2737 (2022)	BCGA2737	J305AP ?	AppleTV12,1 B0BJLDVJTC	Apple A15 Bionic @3.23GHz (64‑bit)	Black	64 GB	MN873FD/A
Apple TV 4K (3 Gen) Wi-Fi + Ethernet	A2843 (2022)	BCGA2843	J305AP ?	AppleTV12,2 B0BJMGB95J	Apple A15 Bionic @3.23GHz (64‑bit)	Black	128 GB	MN893
Apple TV 4K (3 Gen) Wi-Fi + Ethernet	A2843 (2022)	BCGA2843	J305AP ?	AppleTV12,2 B0BJMGB95J	Apple A15 Bionic @3.23GHz (64‑bit)	Black	128 GB	MN893PA/A

Technical specifications

	Obsolete^[1]		Vintage		Discontinued		Current

Models	Apple TV 1,1 (A1218) • 1st Gen	Apple TV 2,1 (A1378) • 2nd Gen	Apple TV 3,1 (A1427) • 3rd Gen	Apple TV 3,2 (A1469) • 3rd Gen (A)	Apple TV HD (A1625) • 4th Gen	Apple TV 4K (A1842) • 5th Gen
Model number - Model ID - Order number	A1218 AppleTV1,1 (MA711LL/A)	A1378 AppleTV2,1 (MC572LL/A)	A1427 AppleTV3,1 (MD199BZ/A)	A1469 AppleTV3,2 (MD199LL/A)	A1625 AppleTV5,3 (MGY52LL/A) 32GB, (MLNC2LL/A) 64GB	A1842 AppleTV6,2 (MQD22LL/A3) 32GB, (MP7P2LL/A) 64GB
CPU Processor	Intel Pentium M @1.0GHz ^[2] Crofton ^[3]	Apple A4 @1.0GHz (ARM Cortex-A8) Single core ^[4]	Apple A5 @1.0GHz (ARM Cortex-A9) Single core ^[5]	Apple A5 @1.0GHz (ARM Cortex-A9) Single core ^[6]	Apple A8 @1.5GHz (APL1011) Dual-core ^[7]	Apple A10X @2.38GHz Fusion Hexa-core ^[8]
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce Go7300 64MB ^[9]	Apple A4 (PowerVR SGX535) iFixit	Apple A5 (PowerVR SGX543MP2) iFixit	Apple A5 (PowerVR SGX543MP1) iFixit	Apple A8 (PowerVR GX6450 Series 6XT) iFixit	Apple A10X GPU Fusion iFixit
Storage Flash	40/160GB int. HDD	8GB NAND flash for cache			SK hynix 32/64GB NAND flash	Toshiba 32/64GB NAND flash
Memory RAM	256MB DDR2 @400MHz SDRAM ^[10]	A4 (K4X2G643GE) 256MB LPDDR2 ^[11]	512MB LPDDR2 ^[12]		SK hynix 2GB LPDDR3 ^[13]	2x SK hynix 3GB LPDDR4
Wi-Fi Networking LAN
	Wi-Fi 802.11bgn	Broadcom BCM4329 802.11abgn 1T1R	Broadcom BCM4330 802.11abgn 1T1R	Broadcom BCM4334 802.11abgn 1T1R	Broadcom BCM4345 802.11abgn/ac 2T2R	Broadcom BCM43572 802.11abgn/ac 2T2R
	10/100 Ethernet				SMSC LAN9730 1x FE LAN port	Broadcom BCM57762 1x GbE LAN port
Connectivity	USB 2.0 ^[14] Infrared receiver HDMI Component Video TOSLINK Optical Audio	Bluetooth * MicroUSB (reserved for service) HDMI Infrared receiver TOSLINK Optical Audio			Bluetooth 4.0 USB-C (for service) HDMI 1.4 Infrared receiver Lightning cable to charge Siri Remote	Bluetooth 5.0 HDMI 2.0a Infrared receiver Lightning cable to charge Siri Remote
Video Output
	1080p , 720p 60/50Hz (NTSC/PAL), 576p 50Hz (PAL), 480p 60Hz (NTSC) over HDMI (HDCP cap.)	720p, 576p, 480p over HDMI only (HDCP capable)	1080p, 720p, 576p, 480p over HDMI only (HDCP capable)			4K 2160p, 1080p, 720p, 576p, 480p over HDMI only (HDCP capable)
	SDR					SDR, HDR10, Dolby Vision
Audio Output
	TOSLINK Optical Audio (48kHz), HDMI, RCA (analog stereo audio)	Optical Audio (48kHz), HDMI			HDMI (CEC)
	Supports output up to 5.1 channels				Supports output up to 7.1 channels	Supports output up to 7.1.4 channels (Dolby Atmos)
Initial operating system	Apple TV Software 1.0 (modified build of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger)	Apple TV Software 4.0 (based on iOS 4.1)	Apple TV Software 5.0 (based on iOS 5.1)	Apple TV Software 5.2 (based on iOS 6.1)	tvOS 9.0 ^[15] (based on iOS 9) ^[16]	tvOS 11.0 (based on iOS 11)
Current operating system	Apple TV Software 3.0.2 (modified build of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger)	Apple TV Software 6.2.1 (based on iOS 7.1.2)	Apple TV Software 7.2.2 (based on iOS 8.4.2) ^[17]		tvOS 12.2 (based on iOS 12.2) ^[18]
Power	Built-in universal 48W power supply	Built-in universal 6W power supply			Built-in universal 11W power supply	Built-in universal 13W power supply
Dimensions	1.1 in (28 mm) (h) 7.7 in (197 mm) (w) 7.7 in (197 mm) (d)	0.9 in (23 mm) (h) 3.9 in (98 mm) (w) 3.9 in (98 mm) (d)			1.4 in (35 mm) (h) 3.9 in (98 mm) (w) 3.9 in (98 mm) (d)
Weight	2.4 lb (1.09 kg)	9.2 oz (270 g)			15 oz (425 g)
Release date(s)	Jan 9, 2007	Sept 1, 2010	March 7, 2012	Jan 28, 2013	Oct 30, 2015	Sept 22, 2017
Discontinued	Sept 1, 2010	March 7, 2012	March 10, 2013	Sept 8, 2016	32 GB: In production 64 GB: Sept 12, 2017	In production

References

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