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Apple M2 vs Google Tensor

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Rank 2 - 57 %

Google Tensor

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Rank 2 - 35 %

Google Tensor

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,494

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,639

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

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,043

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

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

2,915

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 (10 Core)

3,550

ARM Mali-G78 MP20

1,943

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz

15.8 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1.6 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor
Family	Apple M series (38)	Google Tensor (5)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Google Tensor (1)
Architecture	M2	G1
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor	Apple M1
Successor	Apple M3	Google Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	2x Cortex-X1 2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	2x Cortex-A76 2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		4x Cortex-A55 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor
GPU name	Apple M2 (10 Core)	ARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader	160 / 1280	20 / 320
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	1
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q2/2022	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Google Tensor AI
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS	Google Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	12 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor
TDP	20 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	30 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Android
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q2/2022	Q4/2021
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 is 4.4 stars (742 ratings), while Google Tensor has received 4.2 stars (78 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

★★★★★