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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Benchmark, Test and specs
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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.
| Name: | Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) |
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| Family: | Apple M series (32) |
| CPU group: | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture: | M2 |
| Technology: | 5 nm |
| Segment: | Notebook |
| 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 |
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| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 6x Avalanche |
| B-Core: | 4x Blizzard |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) |
| B-Core Frequency: | 0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz) |
NPU AI performance
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
| AI hardware: | Apple Neural Engine |
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| AI specifications: | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU: | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe 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. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| LPDDR5-6400 | 102.4 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 32 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
| Operating systems: | macOS, iPadOS |
| Virtualization: | Apple Virtualization Framework |
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| 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 |
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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.
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz |
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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.
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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.
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
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Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
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Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
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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.
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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
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Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
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Intel Core i7-13800H
14C 20T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700HL
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz |
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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.
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7735U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1360P
12C 16T @ 2.20 GHz |
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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.
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Apple M2
8,558 CB R23 MC @ 20 W |
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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8,558 CB R23 MC @ 20 W |
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Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU)
24,028 CB R23 MC @ 57 W |
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
12,125 CB R23 MC @ 30 W |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
31,670 CB R23 MC @ 80 W |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
13,766 CB R23 MC @ 35 W |
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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
17,460 CB R23 MC @ 47 W |
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AI performance (NPU)
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.
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).
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).
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Apple M2
8C 8T @ 0.66 GHz |
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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 0.66 GHz |
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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C 12T @ 0.66 GHz |
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
12C 14T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
12C 14T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
14C 14T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
360 entries
360 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
357 entries
357 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
646 entries
646 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
626 entries
626 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,885 entries
1,885 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,819 entries
1,819 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,510 entries
2,510 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,477 entries
2,477 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,155 entries
2,155 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,457 entries
2,457 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
139 entries
139 entries
AI performance (NPU)
182 entries
182 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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