Processor Apple M2 Max, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Apple M2 Max

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

Apple M2 Max Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

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

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

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

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP up
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Technology
  5 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  --
• Architecture
  M2
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q2/2022
• Release price
  --
• Part Number
  --
• Documents
  --

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

• Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
  62 place
• Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
  84 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  70 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  87 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  8 place