Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Apple M2. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple M1 Apple M2
• Family
  Apple M series Apple M series
• Generation
  1 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  8x Firestorm 4x Avalanche
• B-Core
  2x Icestorm 4x Blizzard
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  10 8
• CPU Threads
  10 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• Execution units
  256 128
• Generation
  1 2
• GPU Frequency
  1300 MHz 3500 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M1 Pro (16 Core) Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2022
• Shader
  2048 0
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-5500
• PCIe
  4.0 -
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Apple M2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  30 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  40 W 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Apple M2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 M2
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  28 MB 16 MB
• Part Number
  APL 1103 -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2022
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None