Apple M2
Apple M2: Highlights
Apple M2 is a laptop processor produced by Apple. It has 8 cores and 8 threads. CPU base clock frequency is 2000 MHz, but it’s due to Turbo Boost technology. It can perform up to 3400 MHz. Apple M2 CPU has integrated graphics Apple M2 GPU.
Apple M2 is based on a 5 nm fabrication process using 20 billion transistors and a TDP of 15W. It supports LPDDR5 memory with a single-c.
SPECIFICATIONS
General Information
| Vendor | Apple |
| Released | June 2022 |
| Type | Laptop |
| Model | M2 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Icestorm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 GPU |
| Supported displays | 2 |
| Supports 64-bit | Yes |
CPU Performance
| Cores | 8 |
| Threads | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus Frequency | - |
| Clock Multiplier | - |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | - |
| L2 core | 1.5MB/core |
| L3 core | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1456 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 |
| TMUs | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 |
| Execution Units | 128 |
| TGP | 15W |
| Max. Resolution | 6016 x 3384 @ 60Hz |
| iGPU FLOPS | 3 TFLOPS |
Power
| Transistors | 20 Billion |
| Fabrication process | 5nm |
| TDP | 15W |
| Max. temperature | - |
Memory Support
| Memory Types | LPDDR5 |
| Memory Size | 24GB |
| RAM speed | 6400 MHz |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No |
| DDR memory version | 4 |
| Bus Transfer Rate | - |
| Bus Speed | - |
Miscellaneous
| Official Site | Apple M2 Official website |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - |
Benchmarks
| Cinebench R23 Single-Core | 1720 |
| Cinebench R23 Multi-Core | 8674 |
| Passmark CPU Single-Core | 5432 |
| Passmark CPU Multi-Core | 9874 |
| Geekbench Single-Core | 1967 |
| Geekbench Multi-Core | 10577 |
Key Features
| SSE version | - |
| Front-end width | 8 |
| MULTITHREADING | |
| AES | |
| AVX | |
| F16C | |
| MMX | |
| TRUST ZONE | |
| NX BIT | |
| FMA4 | |
| FMA3 |
