It is a review of Apple M2 CPU in which you will learn its technical specifications and 1 benchmarks.
Its standard number of cores is 8. The base clock speed of Apple M2 is 3.50 GHz whilst its clock speed in turbo boost is .
Apple M2 support the LPDDR5-5500 chanel ram. The architecture of M2 is made on the 5 nm technology node.
Apple M2 review will present you all the benefits and drawbacks of the model’s performance and speed. To define the best CPU, we recommend checking benchmark results and compare them to another model.
Technical characteristics presented below are basic and influence mostly the general performance while working and playing games. It is based on the “more-better” principle.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 8 / 8 | |||
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | |||
| A core: | 4x Unknown | |||
| B core: | 4x Unknown | |||
| C core: | -- | |||
| Hyperthreading: | No | |||
| Overclocking: | No | |||
| Frequency: | 3.50 GHz | |||
| Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): | No turbo | |||
| Name: | Apple M2 | |||
| Family: | Apple M series | |||
| CPU group: | Apple M2 | |||
| Generation: | 2 | |||
| Segment: | Mobile | |||
| Predecessor: | -- | |||
| Successor: | -- | |||
The manufacturer has equipped CPU with a built-in graphics card being an additional advantage. Note please its manufacturing technological process and clock frequency.
| GPU name: | Apple M2 (8 Core) | |||
| GPU frequency: | 3.50 GHz | |||
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo | |||
| Execution units: | 128 | |||
| Max. GPU Memory: | 16 GB | |||
| Max. displays: | 3 | |||
| Generation: | 2 | |||
| Technology: | 5 nm | |||
| Release date: | Q1/2022 | |||
Here are useful figures which CPU can boast in our review. It is technical information you can skip.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode | |||
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode | |||
| h264: | Decode / Encode | |||
| VP8: | Decode | |||
| VP9: | Decode / Encode | |||
| AV1: | Decode | |||
| AVC: | Decode | |||
| VC-1: | Decode | |||
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode | |||
A CPU is a device using mostly all capacity of the system for increasing speed and efficiency to operate. So, the more modern a memory standard and the bigger its maximum supported storage are, the better it is.
| Memory type: | LPDDR5-5500 | |||
| Max. Memory: | 16 GB | |||
| Memory channels: | 2 | |||
| ECC: | No | |||
| AES-NI: | Yes | |||
A standard power supply may be quite enough for low-performing and old processors, yet modern chips may need a strong cooling system and powerful power supply. To define it, pay attention please to the TDP figure and maximum temperature in operating mode.
| TDP (PL1): | 15 W | |||
| TDP (PL2): | -- | |||
| TDP up: | 20 W | |||
| TDP down: | 10 W | |||
| Tjunction max.: | -- | |||
Here is the key information of processor. It presents L2 and L3 cash data, a socket supported by the motherboard, date of manufacture and the set of the ISA compatible instructions.
| Instruction set (ISA): | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | |||
| ISA extensions: | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |||
| L2-Cache: | 16.00 MB | |||
| L3-Cache: | -- | |||
| Architecture: | M2 | |||
| Technology: | 5 nm | |||
| Virtualization: | None | |||
| Socket: | N/A | |||
| Release date: | Q1/2022 | |||
| Part Number: | -- | |||
Learn which laptops and workstations use Apple M2
| Used in: | Apple MacBook Air 14 (2022), Mac, MacPro, Mac Mini | |||
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) - Apple M2
A benchmark is designed to determine graphics cards’ performance and speed, built into their central processor. It works in iGPU mode, FP32 Performance. The higher the rate is, the better it is.
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