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

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

• CPU group
  Apple M2 Apple M2
• Family
  Apple M series Apple M series
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
• 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 Avalanche 8x Avalanche
• A-Core Frequency
  3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 4x Blizzard
• B-Core Frequency
  2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  12 12
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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
  256 512
• Generation
  2 2
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz 1400 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) Apple M2 Max (32 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022
• Shader
  2048 4096
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• 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 Max and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Pro and Apple M2 Max Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 45 W

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

• Architecture
  M2 M2
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  36 MB 36 MB
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS macOS, iPadOS
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2022
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework Apple Virtualization Framework