June 6, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
Apple unveils M2, taking the breakthrough efficiency and capabilities of M1 even additional
M2 delivers new ranges of power-efficient efficiency and capabilities to the fully redesigned MacBook Air and up to date 13-inch MacBook Professional
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at the moment introduced M2, starting the following technology of Apple silicon designed particularly for the Mac. Constructed utilizing second-generation 5-nanometer expertise, M2 takes the industry-leading efficiency per watt of M1 even additional with an 18 p.c sooner CPU, a 35 p.c extra highly effective GPU, and a 40 p.c sooner Neural Engine.1 It additionally delivers 50 p.c extra reminiscence bandwidth in comparison with M1, and as much as 24GB of quick unified reminiscence. M2 brings all of this — plus new customized applied sciences and larger effectivity — to the fully redesigned MacBook Air and up to date 13-inch MacBook Professional.
“M2 begins the second technology of M-series chips and goes past the outstanding options of M1,” mentioned Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vp of {Hardware} Applied sciences. “With our relentless concentrate on power-efficient efficiency, M2 delivers a sooner CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine. And together with increased reminiscence bandwidth and new capabilities like ProRes acceleration, M2 continues the super tempo of innovation in Apple silicon for the Mac.”
Extra Transistors, Extra Reminiscence
The system-on-a-chip (SoC) design of M2 is constructed utilizing enhanced, second-generation 5-nanometer expertise, and consists of 20 billion transistors — 25 p.c greater than M1. The extra transistors enhance options throughout the complete chip, together with the reminiscence controller that delivers 100GB/s of unified reminiscence bandwidth — 50 p.c greater than M1. And with as much as 24GB of quick unified reminiscence, M2 can deal with even bigger and extra complicated workloads.
Sooner Energy-Environment friendly Efficiency
The brand new CPU options sooner efficiency cores paired with a bigger cache, whereas the effectivity cores have been considerably enhanced for even larger efficiency features. Collectively, they ship 18 p.c larger multithreaded efficiency than M1, so M2 can rip via CPU-intensive duties utilizing little or no energy, like creating music with layers of results or making use of complicated filters to photographs.1 In contrast with the most recent 10-core PC laptop computer chip, the CPU in M2 offers practically twice the efficiency on the identical energy degree. And, M2 delivers the height efficiency of the PC chip whereas utilizing only a quarter of the facility.2 When in comparison with the most recent 12-core PC laptop computer chip — which wants dramatically extra energy to ship a rise in efficiency and is due to this fact present in thicker, hotter, extra noisy methods with much less battery life — M2 offers practically 90 p.c of the height efficiency of the 12-core chip whereas utilizing simply one-fourth the facility.3
M2 additionally options Apple’s next-generation GPU with as much as 10 cores — two greater than M1. Mixed with a bigger cache and better reminiscence bandwidth, the 10-core GPU delivers an enormous increase in graphics efficiency, bringing as much as 25 p.c increased graphics efficiency than M1 on the identical energy degree, and as much as 35 p.c higher efficiency at its max energy.1 In contrast with the built-in graphics of the most recent PC laptop computer chip, the GPU in M2 delivers 2.3x sooner efficiency on the identical energy degree, and matches its peak efficiency utilizing a fifth of the facility.2 The upper efficiency per watt from M2 permits methods to have distinctive battery life, and run cool and quietly, even when enjoying graphics-intensive video games or enhancing huge RAW pictures.
Apple’s Subsequent-Era Customized Applied sciences
M2 brings Apple’s newest customized applied sciences to the Mac, enabling new capabilities, higher safety, and extra:
- The Neural Engine can course of as much as 15.8 trillion operations per second — over 40 p.c greater than M1.
- The media engine features a higher-bandwidth video decoder, supporting 8K H.264 and HEVC video.
- Apple’s highly effective ProRes video engine permits playback of a number of streams of each 4K and 8K video.
- Apple’s newest Safe Enclave offers best-in-class safety.
- A brand new picture sign processor (ISP) delivers higher picture noise discount.
macOS, M2, and Apps
macOS has been designed for Apple silicon, and the mix of macOS Monterey and the highly effective new M2 delivers breakthrough efficiency and productiveness for customers. Mac computer systems powered with Apple silicon have entry to the biggest assortment of apps ever for Mac, together with iPhone and iPad apps that may run on Mac, and common apps that unlock the total energy of M-series chips.
macOS Ventura, coming this fall, will even take full benefit of M2, bringing new options together with Stage Supervisor, and highly effective new capabilities with Continuity Digital camera and Handoff in FaceTime. macOS Ventura additionally contains large updates to Safari, Mail, Messages, Highlight, and extra.
Apple Silicon and the Surroundings
The ability-efficient efficiency of M2 helps the brand new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Professional meet Apple’s excessive requirements for power effectivity. At the moment, Apple is carbon impartial for international company operations, and by 2030, plans to have net-zero local weather impression throughout the complete enterprise, which incorporates manufacturing provide chains and all product life cycles. Which means that each chip Apple creates, from design to manufacturing, might be 100% carbon impartial.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. At the moment, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple’s 5 software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple gadgets and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s greater than 100,000 staff are devoted to creating the perfect merchandise on earth, and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- Testing performed by Apple in Could 2022 utilizing preproduction 13-inch MacBook Professional methods with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM; and manufacturing 13-inch MacBook Professional methods with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM. Efficiency measured utilizing choose {industry}‑commonplace benchmarks. Efficiency checks are performed utilizing particular laptop methods and mirror the approximate efficiency of MacBook Professional.
- Testing performed by Apple in Could 2022 utilizing preproduction 13-inch MacBook Professional methods with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM. Efficiency measured utilizing choose {industry}‑commonplace benchmarks. 10-core PC laptop computer chip efficiency information from testing Samsung Galaxy Book2 360 (NP730QED-KA1US) with Core i7-1255U and 16GB of RAM. Efficiency checks are performed utilizing particular laptop methods and mirror the approximate efficiency of MacBook Professional.
- Testing performed by Apple in Could 2022 utilizing preproduction 13-inch MacBook Professional methods with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM. Efficiency measured utilizing choose {industry}‑commonplace benchmarks. 12-core PC laptop computer chip efficiency information from testing MSI Status 14Evo (A12M-011) with Core i7-1260P and 16GB of RAM. Efficiency checks are performed utilizing particular laptop methods and mirror the approximate efficiency of MacBook Professional.
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