GPU: Apple M2 GPUCores: 8Clock: 3490 MHz
Apple M2 (iPad) – an 8-core chipset that was announced on June 6, 2022, and is manufactured using a 5-nanometer process technology. It has 4 cores Avalanche at 3490 MHz and 4 cores Blizzard at 2420 MHz.
Compare Apple M2 (iPad) with other SoCs
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 11
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU
841074
GPU
801119
Memory
371059
UX
523068
Total score
2536320
GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression
386.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser
238.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
269.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection
236.7 images/sec
HDR
334.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur
42 images/sec
Photo processing
106.5 images/sec
Ray tracing
10.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples
4 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
43561
Background blur
74.8 images/sec
Face detection
93.3 images/sec
Horizon detection
1.36 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection
1.92 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur
2.31 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching
0.53 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching
129.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics
5024.6 FPS
API
Metal
Samples
3 tests
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2474
Score
2474
Stability
67%
Graphics test
18 FPS
Score
8572
Stability
71%
Graphics test
33 FPS
Section 1
41 FPS
Section 2
33 FPS
Section 3
23 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
6808
Score
6808
Stability
71%
Graphics test
40 FPS
Specifications
Detailed specifications of the M2 (iPad) SoC with Apple M2 GPU graphics
Architecture
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
Cores
8
Frequency
3490 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
192 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
Process
5 nanometers
Transistor count
20 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
20 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
Architecture
Apple GPU
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
Pipelines
8
Shading units
128
Total shaders
1024
FLOPS
2863.1 Gigaflops
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance
15.8 TOPS
Memory type
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
Bus
8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gb/s
Max size
24 GB
Storage type
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264
Audio codecs
- AAC
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
Bluetooth
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Announced
June 2022
Class
Flagship
Model number
APL1109
Successor
- Apple M4 (iPad)
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