Apple M2 Pro vs M1 Pro
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58
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Pro with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
- More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 5.3 TFLOPS
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 2328 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 444 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3334 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1630 MB/sec | 1230 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 125.3 Klines/sec | 82.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 356.9 pages/sec | 249.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 352.9 Mpixels/sec | 271.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 266.9 pages/sec | 246.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 53.8 images/sec | 36.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.3 images/sec | 102.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17 Mpixels/sec | 10.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 57.6 GOps/sec | 45.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 73.2 GOps/sec | 64 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 354M Primes/sec | 272M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 40.9M Strings/sec | 32.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.6 GBytes/sec | 12.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 334.8 MBytes/sec | 272.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3611 Frames/sec | 2696 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.7B Matrices/sec | 12.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.5 PPW | 26.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 483 PPW | 343.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 890.8 PPW | 731.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.61 PPW | 6.23 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M2 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-04-23 (Roman) | Cinebench 2024 | 125 / 795 |
Apple M1 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2450 / 12944 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2026 | 444 / 3334 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2024 | 115 / 857 |
| π 2025-02-23 (anon121434) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 682 |
| π 2025-02-19 (serhii) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 796 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and M1 ProGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | October 18, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Apple M1 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | 2 |
| E-Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 10 |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 40 billions | 33.7 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | - |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 152 | 128 |
| ROPs | 76 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 304 | 256 |
| TGP | 35 W | 30 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 204.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | - |
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