Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2
Rank 2 - 28 %
AMD 3015e
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2
Rank 2 - 11 %
AMD 3015e
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
1,874
AMD 3015e
AMD 3015e 28 %
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
528
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2
Apple M2 100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8,853
AMD 3015e
AMD 3015e 11 %
2C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
974
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2
Apple M2 100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
3,550
AMD 3015e
AMD 3015e 6 %
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
230

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M2AMD 3015e
FamilyApple M series (38)AMD E (23)
CPU groupApple M2 (8)AMD 3000e/Ce (3)
ArchitectureM2Dali (Zen)
Technology5 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketFT5
PredecessorApple M1
SuccessorApple M3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M2AMD 3015e
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
2x
1.20 - 2.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M2AMD 3015e
GPU nameApple M2 (10 Core)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency0.45 - 1.40 GHz0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader160 / 12803 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory24 GB2 GB
Technology5 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2022Q1/2018

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M2AMD 3015e
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M2AMD 3015e
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR4-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB16 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.03.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M2AMD 3015e
TDP20 W6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up30 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C105 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M2AMD 3015e
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ2/2022Q3/2020
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple M2
Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
AMD 3015e
AMD 3015e
2C / 4T · 1.20 - 2.30 GHz

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