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Apple M2 Max
Apple M2 Max is a Laptop processor from Apple. It began to be released in January 2023. The processor has 12 cores and 12 threads. And the processor is also made using 5 nm technology. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
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Label Name
Apple
Platform
Laptop
Launch Date
January 2023
CPU Name
Apple M2 Max
Model Name
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Apple M2 Max
Foundry
TSMC
Generation
Apple M2 series
CPU Specifications
Performance Cores
8
Efficient-cores
4
Total Cores
?
Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).
12
Total Threads
?
Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.
12
CPU Architecture
Apple Avalanche + Apple Blizzard
Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency
?
Maximum E-core turbo frequency derived from Intel® Turbo Boost Technology.
2.424 GHz
Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency
?
Maximum P-core turbo frequency derived from Intel® Turbo Boost Technology.
3.696 GHz
L1 Cache
P-cores: 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data per core; E-cores: 128 KB instruction + 64 KB data per core
L2 Cache
P-core cluster: 36 MB; E-core cluster: 4 MB
L3 Cache
48 MB system level cache
Technology
?
Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.
5 nm
Instruction Set
?
The instruction set is a hard program stored inside the CPU that guides and optimizes CPU operations. With these instruction sets, the CPU can run more efficiently. There are many manufacturers that design CPUs, which results in different instruction sets, such as the 8086 instruction set for the Intel camp and the RISC instruction set for the ARM camp. x86, ARM v8, and MIPS are all codes for instruction sets. Instruction sets can be extended; for example, x86 added 64-bit support to create x86-64. Manufacturers developing CPUs that are compatible with a certain instruction set need authorization from the instruction set patent holder. A typical example is Intel authorizing AMD, enabling the latter to develop CPUs compatible with the x86 instruction set.
ARMv8-A
Extended Instruction Set
ARMv8-A, NEON
Instruction Set Extensions
NEON
Transistor Count
67 billion
Memory Specifications
Memory Type
?
Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.
Unified LPDDR5-6400
LPDDR5 Speed
LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
?
Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.
96 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
?
Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).
400 GB/s
Maximum Memory Speed
6400 MT/s
Memory Bus Width
512-bit
GPU Specifications
External Display Standard
Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1
GPU Name
Apple M2 Max GPU
Max External Display Resolution
Up to three 6K 60Hz displays plus one 4K 144Hz display; or up to two 6K 60Hz displays plus one 8K 60Hz / 4K 240Hz display
Video Concurrency
Multiple streams of 4K and 8K ProRes video
Video Decode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW
Video Encode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW
Video Processing Unit
Apple media engine with ProRes acceleration
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1400 MHz
Graphics Core Count
38
Number of Displays Supported
Up to 4 external displays
GPU APIs
Metal, OpenCL
Graphics Performance
Up to 13.6 TFLOPS FP32
Media Engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
Video Decode Engines
1
Video Encode Engines
2
ProRes Encode/Decode Engines
2
OpenCL Support
?
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multi-platform API (Application Programming Interface) for heterogeneous parallel programming.
Yes
AI Specifications
NPU Name
Apple Neural Engine
NPU Performance
15.8 TOPS
AI Engine
16-core Apple Neural Engine
Neural Engine Core Count
16
Connectivity
Bluetooth Support
Yes
Bluetooth Version
Bluetooth 5.3
Wi-Fi Standard
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Interfaces and Ports
Thunderbolt Support
Yes, Thunderbolt 4 up to 40 Gb/s
USB Version
USB4
USB4 Support
Yes, USB4 up to 40 Gb/s
Miscellaneous
Hardware-Verified Secure Boot
Yes, Apple silicon secure boot chain of trust
Image Signal Processor
Apple image signal processor
Runtime Anti-Exploitation
Kernel Integrity Protection, Pointer Authentication Codes, Fast Permission Restrictions
Geekbench 6
Single Core
2755
Multi Core
14404
Performance
Multi Core
Passmark CPU
Single Core
4144
Multi Core
26645
Performance
Integer Math
Multi Core
58
GOps/Sec
Floating Point Math
Multi Core
73.7
GOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers
Multi Core
361
M Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting
Multi Core
41.3
M Strings/Sec
Data Encryption
Multi Core
15.8
GB/Sec
Data Compression
Multi Core
337.1
MB/Sec
Physics
Multi Core
3828
Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions
Multi Core
13.7
B Matrices/Sec
Single Thread
Multi Core
4.1
GOps/Sec
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Blender
247
Compared to Other CPU
57%
76%
94%
Better then 57% CPU over the past year
Better then 76% CPU over the past 3 years
Better then 94% CPU
SiliconCat Rating
49
Ranks 49 among Laptop/Mobile CPU on our website
222
Ranks 222 among all CPU on our website
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Passmark CPU Single Core
Passmark CPU Multi Core
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