After over 1.5 years, Apple officially introduced its flagship M2 processor during the WWDC 2022 event. The Apple M2 processor will power Apple’s next generation of products, including the current MacBook Air as well as subsequent Macs and iPads.
Advertisement
Here’s a comparison of the Apple M1 and M2 chips’ specifications.
| Apple M1 | Apple M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 5nm | 2nd-gen 5nm |
| Transistors | 16 billion | 20 billion |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| GPU Cores | 7 or 8 | 8 or 10 |
| Frequency (Max) | 3.2GHz | Information not available yet |
| TDP | 20 to 24W | Information not available yet |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores; 11 TOPS | 16 cores; 15.8 TOPS |
| Unified Memory (RAM) | Up to 16GB | Up to 24GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 68.25GBps | 100GBps |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Both the Apple M1 and M2 have 8 CPU cores, while the transistor count on the M2 has increased to 20 billion, compared to 16 billion on the M1. In the same power envelope, the Apple M2’s CPU is 18% quicker than the Apple M1.
Advertisement
The Apple M2 processor allows Unified memory of up to 24GB with a 100GBps bandwidth, which is fantastic. The M1, on the other hand, only supports up to 16GB of Unified memory and has a speed of 68.25Gbps.
The M2 chip’s GPU, according to Apple, is 35% faster than the M1 chip’s GPU. The additional GPU cores have made a significant difference in this case, making the M2 CPU an excellent choice for intensive graphics workloads.
Leave a Reply