Apple M2 Pro vs Apple M2
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
- Newer - released 7-months later
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Around 102.4 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | June 6, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Apple M2 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Apple M2 GPU |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 40 billions | 20 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP | 30 W | 15 W |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Apple M2 GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 152 | 64 |
| ROPs | 76 | 32 |
| Execution Units | - | 128 |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 7680x4320 - 60 Hz | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 102.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
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