M2 also features Apple’s next-generation GPU with up to 10 cores, which is 2 more two more than the M1.

M2 brings all of this, plus new custom technologies and greater efficiency, to the completely redesigned MacBook Air and updated 13-inch MacBook Pro. It also delivers 50% more memory bandwidth compared to M1, and up to 24GB of faster unified memory, up from 16GB with the M1. Apple’s M2 takes their performance per watt of M1 even further with an 18% faster CPU, a 35% more powerful GPU, and the Neural Engine can process up to 15.8 trillion operations per second - over 40% more than the M1. M1 To M2 Performance Boostīuilt using second-generation 5-nanometer technology, TSMC’s next-generation N4P process is an enhanced version of the 5-nanometer process and is designed to deliver about 11% more performance and almost 22% more efficiency compared to the conventional 5-nanometer process used for the production of A15 and M1, M1 Pro and Max). The M2 SoC has 24GB of unified LPDDR5 memory, up 8GB from the M1. These changes mean that the M2 runs faster and comes with more graphics cores, with 9 or 10 GPU cores, up from the 7 or 8 that came with the M1. When it comes to the efficiency cores, they have the same cache size as the M1 but have been given other architectural improvements, like higher peak clock speeds and faster memory access. The M2 System on a Chip (SoC) has the same number of cores as the original M1 chip (8) with 4 high-performance cores and 4 high-efficiency cores as does the M1 but on the M2, the shared L2 cache on the performance cores, has been increased from 12MB to 16MB, and the clock speeds have been increased a little too.

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