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Apple M2 vs M1 Max

Apple M2
VS
Apple M1 Max
Apple M2
Apple M1 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Max with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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

What are the key differences between Max and M2
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Around 307.2 GB/s (300%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +3%
1590
M1 Max
1551
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2
8747
M1 Max +43%
12491
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +4%
4032
M1 Max
3885
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M2
15470
M1 Max +43%
22162
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +8%
1927
M1 Max
1791
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2
9040
M1 Max +41%
12754
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 and M1 Max

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released June 6, 2022 May 7, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set ARMv8 ARMv8
Codename Apple M2 Apple M1
Integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 2
E-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 20 billions 57 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
TDP 15 W 30 W

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 1024 4096
TMUs 64 256
ROPs 32 128
Execution Units 128 -
TGP 15 W 60 W
Max. Resolution 6016x3384 - 60 Hz 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
Apple M2
3 TFLOPS
M1 Max
10.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 24 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version 4.0 -

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Comments

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