Processor Apple M2, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Apple M2

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Apple M series
• Generation
  2
• CPU group
  Apple M2
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Apple M2 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Avalanche
• B core
  4x Blizzard
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  3.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  128
• Shader
  0
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  2
• DirectX Version
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode
• AV1
  Decode
• AVC
  Decode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
  4.0
• PCIe lanes

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W
• TDP up
  20 W
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  10 W
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  --
• Architecture
  M2
• Technology
  5 nm
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Apple M2 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
  60 place
• Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
  197 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  68 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  283 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  42 place
• Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
  120 place
• Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
  361 place
• Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
  46 place
• Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
  125 place