Apple M2

The Apple M2 operates with 8 cores and 8 CPU threads. It run at No turbo base No turbo all cores while the TDP is set at 15 W.The processor is attached to the N/A CPU socket. This version includes -- of L3 cache on one chip, supports 2 memory channels to support LPDDR5-5500 RAM and features 4.0 PCIe Gen lanes. Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C. In particular, M2 Architecture is enhanced with 5 nm technology and supports None. The product was launched on Q1/2022

Frequency	3.50 GHz
CPU Cores	8
CPU Threads	8
Turbo (1 Core)	No turbo
Turbo (8 Cores):	No turbo

Hyperthreading	No
Overclocking	No
Core Architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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Memory & PCIe

Memory type	LPDDR5-5500
Max memory	16 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	No
PCIe version	4.0
PCIe lanes

Encryption

AES-NI

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type	LPDDR5-5500
GPU name	Apple M2 (8 Core)
GPU frequency	3.50 GHz
GPU (Turbo)	No turbo
Generation
DirectX Version
Execution units	128
Shader	0
Max memory
Max. displays	3
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2022

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA)	ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
Architecture	M2
L2-Cache	16.00 MB
L3-Cache	--
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2022
Socket	N/A

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1)	15 W
TDP (PL2)	--
TDP Up	20 W
TDP Down	10 W
Tjunction max	--

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Apple M1X 5,213 (100%)

Intel Core i7-8709G 3,665 (70%)

Intel Core i7-8809G 3,665 (70%)

Apple M2 2,851 (55%)

Apple M1 2,607 (50%)

Intel Core i7-8706G 2,595 (50%)

Intel Core i5-8305G 2,595 (50%)