Apple M2

Cores: 8
TDP: 18 W
Transistor size: 5 nm

Apple M2 - laptop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 8 cores and 8 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 3500 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M2 GPU.

Review

Single-Core Performance

Multi-Core Performance

Power Efficiency

Integrated Graphics

NanoReview Final Score

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Test in Benchmarks

Performance test of Apple M2 in benchmarks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors

Cinebench 2024 (Single)

125

Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

582

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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

2589

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

10122

File compression	1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation	80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser	235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer	266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing	257.4 pages/sec
Background blur	42.1 images/sec
Photo processing	107 images/sec
Ray tracing	10.5 Mpixels/sec

Sources: GeekBench [1] – 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions

Passmark CPU (Single-Core)

3883

Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)

15651

Integer math	37 GOps/sec
Floating point math	37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers	174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting	23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption	9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression	185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics	1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions	7.8B Matrices/sec

Sources: PassMark [3] – 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)

Blender CPU

109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP

Cinebench 2024 / Watt	32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt	562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt	869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt	6.07 PPW

These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users

Date	Benchmark	Result
📘 2026-03-14 (T)	Geekbench 6 CPU	2647 / 10245
📘 2026-01-05 (AR)	Geekbench 6 CPU	2655 / 10211
📘 2025-10-24 (Shivam)	Geekbench 6 CPU	2619 / 9900

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Specifications

Apple M2 technical specifications

General

Vendor	Apple
Released	June 6, 2022
Type	Laptop
Instruction Set	ARMv8
Codename	Apple M2
Integrated GPU	Apple M2 GPU
Successor	- Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores	4
P-Threads	4
Base Frequency (P)	3.5 GHz

Efficient Cores
E-Cores	4
E-Threads	4
Base Frequency (E)	2.4 GHz

Total
Total Cores	8
Total Threads	8
L1 Cache	192K (per core)
L2 Cache	16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier	No

Package

Transistors	20 billions
Fabrication Process	5 nm
TDP (PL1)	18 W
Socket	Apple M-Socket

Laptop processors ranking - 133rd place

iGPU

Integrated Graphics	Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock	500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock	1398 MHz
Shading Units	1024
TMUs	64
ROPs	32
Execution Units	128
TGP	15 W

iGPU FLOPS

2.9 TFLOPS

See also: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) – integrated graphics of this CPU

Memory Support

Memory Types	- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size	24 GB
Memory Channels	8
Max. Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s
ECC Support	No

Misc

PCI Express Version

4.0

Competitors

1. Apple M2 vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

2. Apple M2 vs Apple M3

3. Apple M2 vs Apple M2 Pro (2)

4. Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7 12700H (2)

5. Apple M2 vs Intel Core i5 12500H (7)

6. Apple M2 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

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Darkstar August 5, 2026 at 08:36 AM

GPU TFLOPS is 3.6. I dont know why its heavily underrepresented here. You can see on Apple M2 launch event, apple themselves unveiling GPU performance. This also means the newer chips M3 and M4 and M5 need to also be updated correspondently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5D55G7Ejs8&t=3414s

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