The Apple M2 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 10 cores designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M2 SoC. It uses the unified memory architecture of the M2 SoC (up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 with 100 GB/s bandwidth) and should offer 160 execution units.
According to Apple it offers a 25% higher performance at slightly higher power consumption. The theoretical performance is rated at 3.6 Teraflops and therefore 1 TFLOP higher than the M1 8-core GPU. In our benchmarks, the GPU was able to top the M1 with up to 40%, but still stays behind the 14-core GPU in the M1 Pro. Compared to other iGPUs from AMD and Intel, the M2 benefits greatly from the unified memory architecture and the high bandwidth.
The M2 chip is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC (most likely N5P). The power consumption is around 13.5 Watt (in our tests under load of the MBP13) and up to 15W according to Apple.
Apple M2 Series
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| Pipelines | 10 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1398 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | ||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 06.06.2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M1 8-Core GPU | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Average benchmark valuesThe following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diablo Immortal | 59.3 | |||||
| Call of Duty Mobile | 118.8 | 58.5 | ||||
| Genshin Impact | 65 | |||||
| Armajet | 118.4 | |||||
| Borderlands 3 | 64 | 35 | 25 | 16 | ||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 113 | 44 | 27 | 19 | ||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 79 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 20 | |
| PUBG Mobile | 39.8 | |||||
| The Witcher 3 | 34 | 28 | ||||
| Asphalt 8: Airborne | 67.7 | |||||
| Asphalt 9: Legends | 44.2 | |||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 4 | 3 | 2 4 2 | 4 2 1 | 1 | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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