Apple M2 vs Apple M1
We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Apple M2 against the 2.1 GHz Apple M1. 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
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
- Newer - released 1-year and 7-months later
- Supports up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
- Around 34.15 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
- 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1937 vs 1743 points
Advantages of Apple M1
- Consumes up to 7% less energy than the Apple M2 – 14 vs 15 Watt
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)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | June 6, 2022 | November 20, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | - | Icestorm and Firestorm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 GPU | Apple M1 GPU |
Performance
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2.0 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.4 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Power
| Transistors | 20 billions | 16 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP | 15 W | 14 W |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 GPU | Apple M1 GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1456 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 128 | 128 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR4X-4266 |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 68.25 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
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