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Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
  • Cores: 1024
  • TMUs / ROPs: 64 / 32

Review

Gaming
9
Workstation
23
AI/ML
12
Energy Efficiency
90
NanoReview Final Score
27
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Test in Benchmarks

Performance tests in graphics benchmarks and applications

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
2317
Solar Bay 7316
Wild Life Extreme 5676
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
29705
Background Blur 58.7 img/sec
Face Detection 35.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.1 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.82 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 96 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3825.9 FPS
API OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
807

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
301.37
Sources: Blender [9] – 83 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
6206
GB6 ML Half Precision
6893
GB6 ML Quantized
6515
Image Classification (SP) 3242
Image Segmentation (HP) 4890
Image Super Resolution (Q) 7149
Face Detection (HP) 10340
Pose Estimation (Q) 21268
Text Classification (SP) 2268
Machine Translation (HP) 1122
Object Detection (SP) 3007
Depth Estimation (Q) 13941
Style Transfer (SP) 35943
Framework Core ML
Backend GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9]

Specifications

Detailed technical specifications of the Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

General

Vendor Apple
Build Integrated
Released June 6, 2022
Case Laptop
Purpose Professional
Segment Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU
Successor - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Recommended CPU - Apple M2 or above
Used in CPUs - Apple M2
Laptop GPU ranking - 90th place

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 500 MHz
Boost Clock 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1024
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 128
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 45 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 89 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
2.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Custom
TGP 15 W
Manufacturing TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm
Transistor Count 11.6 billion
Max. Temperature 94°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared
Memory Clock 6400 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 12800 Mbps
Bus 128-bit
ECC No
Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s

API

Ray Tracing No
DLSS No

Competitors

1. Apple M2 GPU (8-core) vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
2. Apple M2 GPU (8-core) vs Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
3. Apple M2 GPU (8-core) vs GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4. Apple M2 GPU (8-core) vs Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
5. Apple M2 GPU (8-core) vs GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

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weuifhkjn July 27, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The GPU clockspeed is completely wrong here. In Apples official event the performance was visually shown as 3.6 TFLOPs, which when reverse calculates gets the clock speed at around 1750mHz. If you do not believe me, you can SEE directly on Apples keynote at 58:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5D55G7Ejs8&t=3999s. Taking this into account as well then the clockspeed on the M4 and M5 generation GPUs are also completely incorrect. Please fact check your sources before publishing this information
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Serhii July 28, 2026 at 07:34 AM
That's right, the 10-core Apple M2 GPU does indeed have 3.6 TFLOPS, but this is the 8-core version, so it's less powerful.
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