CPU family and group
General information about the processor Apple M2
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Segment
Mobile
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Family
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Generation
2
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CPU group
Apple M2
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Predecessor
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Successor
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CPU Technical specs
Apple M2 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities
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Frequency
3.50 GHz
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CPU Cores
8
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Turbo (1 Core)
No turbo
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CPU Threads
8
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Turbo (8 Cores)
No turbo
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Hyperthreading
No
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Overclocking
No
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Core architecture
hybrid (big.LITTLE)
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A core
4x Avalanche
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B core
4x Blizzard
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C core
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IGPU
Built-in graphics chip characteristics
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GPU name
Apple M2 (8 Core)
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GPU frequency
3.50 GHz
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GPU (Turbo)
No turbo
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Execution units
128
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Shader
0
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Max. GPU Memory
16 GB
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Max. displays
3
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Generation
2
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DirectX Version
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Technology
5 nm
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Release date
Q1/2022
Hardware codec support
Built-in support for video and image compression standards
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h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
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h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
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h264
Decode / Encode
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VP9
Decode / Encode
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VP8
Decode
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AV1
Decode
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AVC
Decode
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VC-1
Decode
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JPEG
Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI
Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus
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Memory type
LPDDR5-5500
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Max. Memory
16 GB
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ECC
No
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Memory channels
2
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PCIe version
4.0
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PCIe lanes
Encryption
Hardware security technology
Thermal Management
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TDP (PL1)
15 W
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TDP up
20 W
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TDP (PL2)
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TDP down
10 W
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Tjunction max.
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* see below
Technologies and extensions
Technical capabilities of the processor, information
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Instruction set (ISA)
ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
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Virtualization
None
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ISA extensions
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
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L2-Cache
16.00 MB
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L3-Cache
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Architecture
M2
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Technology
5 nm
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Socket
N/A
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Release date
Q1/2022
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Part Number
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Positions in all rankings
Common positions Apple M2 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
60 place
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
197 place
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
68 place
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
283 place
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
42 place
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
120 place
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
361 place
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
46 place
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
125 place