Apple M2
The Apple M2 is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2022 MacBook Air and, MacBook Pro 13. It offers 8 cores divided in four performance cores and four power-efficiency cores. The big cores offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 16 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB). The four efficiency cores are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with up to 2,4 GHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with up to 3,5 GHz and therefore higher than the M1 cores. The architecture should be similar to the A15 (iPhone 13) with Avalanche and Blizzard cores.
The chip features a unified memory architecture for the CPU and GPU cores and supports up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 for a bandwidth of up to 100GB/s.
According to Apple, the M2 offers a 18% higher CPU performance at the same power consumption level compared to the Apple M1 . In our tests, the MacBook Pro 13 with active cooling was able to reach the 18% in Geekbench Multi. In other benchmarks we measured 12 to 15% gains compared to the M1. Therefore, the performance is now near the M1 Pro with 8 cores . The passively cooled MacBook Air may however suffer from throttling in longer load scenarios.
The integrated graphics card in the M2 offers 8 or 10 cores and a peak performance of 3.6 TFLOPs.
Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine with a peak performance of 16 TOPS (for AI hardware acceleration), a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), Thunderbolt / USB 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders.
The Apple M2 includes 20 billion transistors (up from the 16 billion of the M1) and is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC (most likely N5P). The power consumption is rated at 20W what we also measured under CPU load.
Series Apple Apple M2 Series: Apple M2 Clock Rate 2424 - 3480 MHz Level 1 Cache 2 MB Level 2 Cache 20 MB Level 3 Cache 8 MB Number of Cores / Threads 8 / 8 Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 20 Watt Transistor Count 20000 Million Manufacturing Technology 5 nm Features ARMv8 Instruction Set GPU Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture ARM Announcement Date 06/10/2022 Product Link (external) www.apple.com
Benchmarks Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
121 Points (84%)
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Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
513 Points (10%)
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Intel Core i5-11500B
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 8517 avg: 8654 median: 8667 (8%) max: 8772 Points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 98% 100% 100%
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Intel Core i5-11500B
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1580 avg: 1595 median: 1585 (67%) max: 1638 Points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 97% 100% 97%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 216 avg: 370.8 median: 381 (42%) max: 446 Points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 77% 100% 85%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2231 avg: 2325 median: 2324 (6%) max: 2416 Points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 95% 100% 97%
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1209.9 avg: 1222 median: 1215 (8%) max: 1243 Points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 98% 100% 99%
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0 65 130 195 260 325 390 455 520 585 650 715 780 845 910 975 1040 1105 1170 1235 Tooltip Apple MacBook Air 15 2023 M2 16 GB: Ø1063 (973.83-1209.85)
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU: Ø994 (917.47-1212.01)
Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry: Ø955 (863.48-1215.33)
Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2: Ø1229 (1226.62-1232.55)
Apple Mac Mini M2: Ø1241 (1235.48-1243.47)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 222 avg: 223.8 median: 223 (67%) max: 229 Points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 97% 100% 97%
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Intel Core i5-11500B
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 540 avg: 620 median: 619.5 (8%) max: 702 Seconds
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W 100% 101%
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Intel Core i5-11500B
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 549 avg: 614 median: 597 (4%) max: 713 Seconds
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 100% 101% 100%
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 2593 avg: 2622 median: 2621.5 (71%) max: 2650 points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W 98% 100%
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 10034 avg: 10064 median: 10063.5 (40%) max: 10093 points
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W 100% 99%
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1890 avg: 1918 median: 1917 (81%) max: 1953 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 97% 98% 100% 99%
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8491 avg: 8839 median: 8961 (16%) max: 8994 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 95% 100% 100% 100%
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 440 avg: 452.4 median: 450.9 (1%) max: 466.8 ms
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 100% 100% 100% 100%
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 72484 avg: 74097 median: 74614 (67%) max: 75776 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 97% 97% 100% 99%
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 223 avg: 235.5 median: 226.5 (65%) max: 256 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W TDP 19 W 88% 92% 100%
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 342 avg: 369.1 median: 377 (79%) max: 387 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 88% 98% 100% 98%
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Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
min: 1257990 avg: 1337360 median: 1337360 (81%) max: 1416730 Points
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Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 294643 avg: 298254 median: 298254 (82%) max: 301865 Points
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1496 avg: 1533 median: 1520 (58%) max: 1585 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 100% 95% 97% 95%
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
29 Watt (5%)
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0 5 10 15 20 25 Tooltip Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2: Ø29 (28.2-29.9)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 9.08 avg: 9.4 median: 9.4 (4%) max: 9.71 Watt
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Tooltip Apple iPad Air 6 2024: Ø7.64 (4.1-16.9)
Apple iPad Pro 11 2022: Ø9.08 (3.03-17.1)
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2022: Ø9.71 (3.73-16.7)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 2.03 avg: 2.6 median: 2.4 (2%) max: 3.98 Watt
CPU TDP 9 W TDP 19 W TDP 20 W 100% 100% 100%
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0 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.1 Tooltip Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry: Ø2.03 (1.977-2.43)
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU: Ø2.13 (2.1-2.28)
Apple Mac Mini M2: Ø2.44 (1.049-3.69)
Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2: Ø2.63 (2.46-3.53)
Apple MacBook Air 15 2023 M2 16 GB: Ø3.98 (3.89-4.34)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 2.32 avg: 4.1 median: 4.7 (5%) max: 5.32 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 9 W 103% 100%
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0 1 2 3 4 5 Tooltip Apple iPad Air 6 2024: Ø1.631 (1.456-1.817)
Apple iPad Pro 11 2022: Ø2.32 (1.933-4.89)
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2022: Ø4.67 (4.29-4.84)
Apple MacBook Air 15 2023 M2 16 GB: Ø5.32 (4.98-5.62)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
42.4 Points per Watt (32%)
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Reviews for the Apple M2 processor
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Apple M2 | Apple M2 10-Core GPU | 12.90" | 682 g
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Apple MacBook Air M2 review - The faster 10-core GPU isn't worth it After we tested the basic model, we now also got our hands on the faster version of the new MacBook Air with 16 GB of RAM, a large 1-TB SSD, and the faster 10-c...
Apple M2 | Apple M2 10-Core GPU | 13.60" | 1.2 kg
Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry : Apple M2 8-Core GPU, 13.60", 1.2 kg
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Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry Review – A very good, but too expensive daily MacBook
Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 13.30", 1.4 kg
Review » Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2 Laptop Review – Debut for the new Apple M2
Apple MacBook Air 15 2023 M2 16 GB : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 15.30", 1.5 kg
External Review » Apple MacBook Air 15 2023 M2 16 GB
Apple iPad Pro 11 2022 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 11.00", 0.5 kg
External Review » Apple iPad Pro 11 2022
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2022 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 12.90", 0.7 kg
External Review » Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2022
Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry : Apple M2 8-Core GPU, 13.60", 1.2 kg
External Review » Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry
Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 13.30", 1.4 kg
External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2
Apple iPad Pro 11 2022 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 11.00", 0.5 kg
» Ouch: Apple's new iPad Pro 2024 compared with predecessors in two durability & bend test videos
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2022 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 12.90", 0.7 kg
» Ouch: Apple's new iPad Pro 2024 compared with predecessors in two durability & bend test videos
Apple MacBook Air 15 2023 M2 16 GB : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 15.30", 1.5 kg
» MacBook Air 15 with Apple M2, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD receives heavy $400 discount
Apple iPad Pro 11 2022 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 11.00", 0.5 kg
» Apple will initially launch iPads with OLED displays instead of foldable iPads
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2022 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 12.90", 0.7 kg
» Apple will initially launch iPads with OLED displays instead of foldable iPads
Apple MacBook Air 15 2023 M2 16 GB : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 15.30", 1.5 kg
» Apple's MacBook Air 15 M2 is expensive, but practically unrivaled
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 13.60", 1.2 kg
» Apple stopped M2 chip production over low MacBook sales as Samsung preps the new OLED Air display
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2022 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 12.90", 0.7 kg
» Apple M1 iPad Pro 12.9 variants now on sale with steep discounts up to US$800 for limited time
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Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022): More than a simple model update not necessary
Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry : Apple M2 8-Core GPU, 13.60", 1.2 kg
» The new Apple MacBook Air M2 has arrived - Initial impressions and benchmark results of the entry-level SKU
Apple MacBook Pro 13 2022 M2 : Apple M2 10-Core GPU, 13.30", 1.4 kg
» The new Apple M2 requires an active cooling solution and is even slightly throttled in the MacBook Pro 13
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