Curious how much RAM Apple has put in its iPhones over the years or how much memory your current iPhone has? While the company doesn’t publicly share the information, memory details surface in teardowns and from other sources like Apple’s supply chain. Read along for a look at the complete iPhone RAM list for how much memory comes with every iPhone model.
Apple doesn’t publish or put any focus on iPhone RAM for a number of reasons. One of the biggest is that iPhone performance outpaces the competition like Android phones with less RAM. Apple is able to do that as it makes both the hardware and software and precisely fine-tunes its devices to perform as efficiently and powerfully as possible.
So in the big picture, Apple focuses on what its iPhones can do rather than the specs powering them.
One example was in 2019 when the iPhone 11 Pro Max with 4GB RAM beat out the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ which has 12GB RAM in a speed test. The tight integration between iPhone hardware and iOS made up more than an 8 GB memory difference. The same is usually true for iPad and Mac vs Android tablets and PCs too.
Before you look, can you guess how much RAM the original iPhone had? 😁
Ok, let’s dig into the full iPhone RAM list…
Don’t think I ever once thought I need more RAM in my iPhone. … However in a Mac, I’m actually angry at Apple for continuing to cheat its customers by making non upgradable computer models with a paltry 8GB RAM (now shared with the GPU) and HD storage less than 512GB. Completely inadequate (tests prove it) and a waste of the otherwise excellent hardware in the rest of the system. Doubling base models to 16GB literally would cost Apple a few dollars and I believe spur sales.
iPhone Model | RAM |
|---|---|
| iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max | 8GB (LPDDR5) |
| iPhone 15 and 15 Plus | 6GB (LPDDR5) |
| iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max | 6GB (LPDDR5) |
| iPhone 14 and 14 Plus | 6GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max | 6 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 13 and 13 mini | 4 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone SE 3rd gen | 4 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max | 6 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 12 and 12 mini | 4 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone SE 2nd gen | 3 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max | 4 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 11 | 4 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone XR | 3 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone XS and XS Max | 4 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone X | 3 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 8 Plus | 3 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 8 | 2 GB (LPDDR4X) |
| iPhone 7 Plus | 3 GB (LPDDR4) |
| iPhone 7 | 2 GB (LPDDR4) |
| iPhone SE | 2 GB (LPDDR4) |
| iPhone 6S and 6S Plus | 2 GB (LPDDR4) |
| iPhone 6 and 6 Plus | 1 GB (LPDDR3) |
| iPhone 5S | 1 GB (LPDDR3) |
| iPhone 5C | 1 GB (LPDDR2) |
| iPhone 5 | 1 GB (LPDDR2) |
| iPhone 4S | 512 MB (LPDDR2) |
| iPhone 4 | 512 MB (LPDDR) |
| iPhone 3GS | 256 MB (LPDDR) |
| iPhone 3G | 128 MB (LPDDR) |
| Original iPhone | 128 MB (LPDDR) |
What iPhone RAM most surprised you? Or what did you find most interesting about how Apple has used RAM in iPhone over the years? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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Data sourced from The iPhone Wiki and Mactracker
