

And, M2 delivers the peak performance of the PC chip while using just a quarter of the power.

1 Compared with the latest 10-core PC laptop chip, the CPU in M2 provides nearly twice the performance at the same power level. Together, they deliver 18 percent greater multithreaded performance than M1, so M2 can rip through CPU-intensive tasks using very little power, like creating music with layers of effects or applying complex filters to photos. The new CPU features faster performance cores paired with a larger cache, while the efficiency cores have been significantly enhanced for even greater performance gains. And with up to 24GB of fast unified memory, M2 can handle even larger and more complex workloads. The additional transistors improve features across the entire chip, including the memory controller that delivers 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth - 50 percent more than M1. The system-on-a-chip (SoC) design of M2 is built using enhanced, second-generation 5-nanometer technology, and consists of 20 billion transistors - 25 percent more than M1. And along with higher memory bandwidth and new capabilities like ProRes acceleration, M2 continues the tremendous pace of innovation in Apple silicon for the Mac."

"With our relentless focus on power-efficient performance, M2 delivers a faster CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine. "M2 starts the second generation of M-series chips and goes beyond the remarkable features of M1," said Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies. The M2 chip begins the next generation of Apple silicon designed specifically for the Mac.
