Quick/Comparisons
74 | Single-Core Performance | 76 |
27 | Multi-Core Performance | 50 |
78 | Power Efficiency |
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68 | Integrated Graphics | — |
57 | QucikComparison Final Score | 67 |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 18 W | TDP | 15-25 W (configurable) |
| 5 nm | Transistor size | 2 nm |
| 125 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 122 |
| 582 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1093 |
| 2589 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2753 |
| 10122 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 13948 |
| 1130 MB/sec | File compression | 1200 MB/sec |
| 80.4 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 119.5 Klines/sec |
| 235.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 241.3 pages/sec |
| 266.1 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 421.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 257.4 pages/sec | Text processing | 295.8 pages/sec |
| 42.1 images/sec | Background blur | 60.7 images/sec |
| 107 images/sec | Photo processing | 117.9 images/sec |
| 10.5 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 22.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 3885 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3945 |
| 15642 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 32438 |
| 37 GOps/sec | Integer math | 81.8 GOps/sec |
| 37.6 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 100 GOps/sec |
| 174M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 322M Primes/sec |
| 23.7M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 38.2M Strings/sec |
| 9.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 25 GBytes/sec |
| 186 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 313.1 MBytes/sec |
| 1664 Frames/sec | Physics | 2836 Frames/sec |
| 7.7B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 26.1B Matrices/sec |
| 109.19 | Blender CPU | — |
| 32.3 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 43.7 PPW |
| 562.3 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 557.9 PPW |
| 869 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1297.5 PPW |
| 6.07 PPW | Blender / Watt | — |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 4 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 4 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 1.9 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.5 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 16 |
| — | Multiplier | 19x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M2 GPU | Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics |
| 1398 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2450 MHz |
| 1024 | Shading Units | — |
| 64 | TMUs | — |
| 32 | ROPs | — |
| 128 | Execution Units | 4 |
| 2.9 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| June 6, 2022 | Released | January 5, 2026 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M2 | Codename | Panther Lake |
| — | Model number | 356H |
| Apple M2 GPU | Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 20 billions | Transistors | — |
| 5 nm | Fabrication Process | 2 nm |
| 18 W | TDP (PL1) | 15-25 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCBGA2540 |
| — | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
