Apple M2 (10-core GPU) processor review

Apple M2 (10-core GPU)

M2 (10-core GPU) processor released by Apple; release date: 24 Jun 2022. The processor is based on Avalanche/Blizzard microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 8, threads - 8. Maximum CPU clock speed - 3.504 GHz. Manufacturing process technology - 5 nm. Cache size: L1 - 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core), L2 - 4 MB.

Supported memory types: LPDDR5-6400. Maximum memory size: 24 GB.

Integrated graphics – Apple M2 10-core

Technical info

Core clock speed 1398 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 3.578 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10
Render output units 40
Texture Units 15 Watt

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture codename Avalanche/Blizzard
Launch date 24 Jun 2022
OS Support macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Ventura 13.3, iPadOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating not rated
Processor Number APL1109

Performance

Base frequency 2.424 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm
Maximum frequency 3.504 GHz
Number of cores 8
Number of threads 8
Transistor count 20 billion

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 24 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR5-6400

Graphics

Execution Units 40
Graphics base frequency 1398 MHz
iGPU core count 10

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