Apple M2

The Apple M2 operates with:

CPU Cores 8.

CPU Threads: 8.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: No turbo base No turbo all cores.

TDP: 15 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: N/A.

This version includes

-- of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support LPDDR5-5500 RAM and features 4.0 PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, M2 Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 5 nm

Virtualization None.

The product was released on Q1/2022.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Apple M2

Family:

Apple M series

CPU group:

Apple M2

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

3.50 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

No turbo

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

hybrid (big.LITTLE)

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

LPDDR5-5500

PCIe version:

4.0

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

4.0

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

LPDDR5-5500

GPU name:

Apple M2 (8 Core)

GPU frequency:

3.50 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

128

Shader:

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

5 nm

Release date:

Q1/2022

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

L2-Cache:

16.00 MB

Virtualization:

None

L3-Cache:

Release date:

Q1/2022

Socket:

N/A

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

15 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

20 W

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

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