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 4 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) |
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 | 4 nm |
Release date | Q1/2022 |
Technical details
Instruction set (ISA) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
Architecture | M2 |
L2-Cache | 16.00 MB |
L3-Cache | -- |
Technology | 4 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.
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