Apple M2 8-core CPU 8-core GPU vs Apple M2 Max 12-core CPU 38-core GPU processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
Apple M2 Max 12-core CPU 38-core GPU offers more cores (12 vs 8), more threads (12 vs 8), a higher clock speed (3.7 GHz vs 3.5 GHz), and more integrated graphics units (38 vs 8).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads8/8
Cores & Threads12/12
Max clock3.5 GHz
Max clock3.7 GHz
L2 cache20 MB
L2 cache36 MB
TDPN/A
TDPN/A
iGPUApple M2 GPU
iGPUApple M2 Max GPU
General
SeriesM2
SeriesM2
CodenameStaten
CodenameRhodes
CPU architectureN/A
CPU architectureN/A
FoundryTSMC
FoundryTSMC
Process node5 nm
Process node5 nm
Instruction setARM64
Instruction setARM64
Release dateJune 6, 2022
Release dateJanuary 17, 2023
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads8/8
Cores & Threads12/12
4× P-cores
- Max clock
- 3.5 GHz
8× P-cores
- Max clock
- 3.7 GHz
4× E-cores
- Max clock
- 2.4 GHz
4× E-cores
- Max clock
- 2.4 GHz
Cache
L3 cacheN/A
L3 cacheN/A
L2 cache20 MB
L2 cache36 MB
L1 cache2048 KB
L1 cache3328 KB
TDP
TDPN/A
TDPN/A
Max temperatureN/A
Max temperatureN/A
Connectivity
Memory supportLPDDR5-6400
Memory supportLPDDR5-6400
Memory channels2
Memory channels8
PCIe versionN/A
PCIe versionN/A
PCIe lanesN/A
PCIe lanesN/A
Graphics
ModelApple M2 GPU
ModelApple M2 Max GPU
iGPU architectureApple8
iGPU architectureApple8
GPU cores8
GPU cores38
Clock1398 MHz
Clock1398 MHz
AI
Total TOPSN/A
Total TOPSN/A
NPU TOPS16
NPU TOPS16
iGPU TOPSN/A
iGPU TOPSN/A