Apple M2 (8-core GPU) processor review

M2 (8-core GPU) processor released by Apple; release date: 15 Jul 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.

Benchmarks

PassMark
Single thread mark

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

4870

3901

PassMark
CPU mark

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

156834

15549

Name	Value
PassMark - Single thread mark	3901
PassMark - CPU mark	15549

Integrated graphics – Apple M2 8-core

Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.863 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8
Render output units	32
Texture Units	10 Watt

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture codename	Avalanche/Blizzard
Launch date	15 Jul 2022
OS Support	macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Ventura 13.3, iPadOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	284
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	32
Graphics base frequency	1398 MHz
iGPU core count	8