Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-01-30

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 cores with 10 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Apple M series series. The processor was released in Q1/2023. The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) scores 1,874 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 12,224 points.

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Name:	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Family:	Apple M series (23)
CPU group:	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture:	M2
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
Successor:	Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	10 / 10
Core architecture:	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core:	6x Avalanche
B-Core:	4x Blizzard

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
A-Core Frequency:	0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz)
B-Core Frequency:	0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications:	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) uses the Apple M2 Pro (16 Core), which has 2048 texture shaders and 256 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Apple M2 Pro (16 Core)
GPU frequency:	0.45 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.40 GHz
Compute units:	256
Shader:	2048
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2023

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	2
Direct X:	--
Technology:	5 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR5-6400	102.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth:	--

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 30 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	30 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is made in 5 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 28.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	5 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	--
L2-Cache:	28.00 MB
L3-Cache:	--
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	macOS, iPadOS

Virtualization:	Apple Virtualization Framework
Instruction set (ISA):	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date:	Q1/2023
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i5-14600K 14C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	124
	Intel Core i9-12900KF 16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz	124
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	124
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	122
	Intel Core i9-13950HX 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	122
	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz	122
	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	122

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz	796
	Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz	796
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	783
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	782
	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	782
	AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 8C 16T @ 4.75 GHz	776
	AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	771

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-1345U 10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	1720
	Intel Core i5-1340P 12C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1710
	Intel Core i5-1335U 10C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1705
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	1695
	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	1695
	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	1695
	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1695

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-9900 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	12205
	Intel Core i7-11800H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	12180
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	12179
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	12125
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	11530
	Intel Xeon W-2150B 10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz	11463
	Intel Core i7-1260P 12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	11420

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-11900K 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	1878
	Intel Core i9-11900KF 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	1878
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1877
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	1874
	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1874
	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1874
	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1874

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz	12458
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	12454
	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	12286
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	12224
	Intel Core i7-13800H 14C 20T @ 4.50 GHz	12203
	AMD EPYC 7351P 16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz	12186
	Intel Core i7-12700HL 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	12103

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-14650HX 16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz	2705
	Intel Core i7-13850HX 20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz	2699
	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX 16C 32T @ 5.20 GHzNot verified	2691
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	2689
	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	2689
	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	2689
	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	2689

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	12135
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	12135
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	12135
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	12084
	Intel Core i5-12600KF 10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	11991
	Intel Core i5-12600K 10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	11991
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	11967

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24 Core) @ 1.30 GHz	7830
	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (19 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	6745
	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (18 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	6390
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	5680
	Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (16 Core) @ 1.30 GHz	5300
	Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (14 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	4970
	Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.35 GHz	4658

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-12500H 12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	21625
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	21620
	AMD EPYC 7551 32C 64T @ 2.55 GHz	21604
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz	21532
	AMD Ryzen 7 7735U 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	21490
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218T 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	21452
	Intel Core i5-12600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	21430

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Apple M2 8,558 CB R23 MC @ 20 W	428
	Apple M2 (8-GPU) 8,558 CB R23 MC @ 20 W	428
	Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) 24,028 CB R23 MC @ 57 W	422
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 12,125 CB R23 MC @ 30 W	404
	AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 13,766 CB R23 MC @ 35 W	393
	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) 14,855 CB R23 MC @ 40 W	371
	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) 14,855 CB R23 MC @ 40 W	371

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) 6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz	15.8
	Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) 6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz	15.8
	Apple M2 8C 8T @ 0.66 GHz	15.8
	Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) 10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz	15.8
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	15
	Samsung Exynos 990 8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz	15
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 8C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	15

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
272 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
271 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
109 entries

AI / ML Performance
119 entries

Description of the processor

The Apple M2 Pro is available in several configurations that differ in the number of CPU and GPU cores. This is about the Apple M2 Pro with 10 CPU cores and 16 GPU cores.

The core structure of this variant consists of 6 large P-cores, which Apple codenames “Avalanche”. These clock at a very low 0.66 GHz, but can dynamically increase the clock frequency up to 3.5 GHz.

These are combined with 4 smaller E-cores (codename “Blizzard”). The E cores clock at 0.6 GHz or 2.42 GHz in turbo mode. In total, this variant of the Apple M2 Pro has 10 CPU cores. Since Apple does not use a counterpart to Intels hyperthreading technology, 10 threads are available.

In addition to the CPU cores, this processor also has an NPU called the Apple Neural Engine. This is responsible for AI calculations and can extremely accelerate many applications. The 16 Neural Cores in the Apple M2 Pro have a theoretical AI computing power of 15.8 TOPS.

There is also an iGPU (integrated graphics) in this APU. This clocks at 0.45 GHz (maximum 1.4 GHz) and, in addition to the 16 GPU cores, has a total of 256 execution units and 2048 texture shaders. The FP32 raw performance of the graphics card is just under 5.7 TFLOPS, which is very high for an iGPU.

The processors memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s, and Apple uses a maximum of 32 GB of LPDDR5-6400 memory, which is integrated directly into the APU. The Level 2 cache of the Apple M2 Pro is 28 MB, and the processor is manufactured using a 5 nm manufacturing process at TSMC. Apple relies on a chiplet design to be able to flexibly combine the individual components of the processor.

The instruction set used is ARM v8.5-A, x86 applications are implemented via the Apple Rosetta 2 software layer.

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