Apple M2 Pro vs Apple M2 Max. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple M series Apple M series
• CPU group
  Apple M2 Apple M2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  12 / 12 12 / 12
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Avalanche 8x Avalanche
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 4x Blizzard
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.50 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.80 GHz 2.80 GHz

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

• GPU name
  Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) Apple M2 Max (32 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz 1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  256 512
• Shader
  2048 4096
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  2 2
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 Max and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  204.8 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Pro and Apple M2 Max to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 45 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Pro and Apple M2 Pro, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB 36.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 M2
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS macOS, iPadOS
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework Apple Virtualization Framework
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2022