Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Benchmarks & Specs

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.

• Apple M2 Architecture and 5nm Manufacturing
• 10-CPU and 16-GPU Cores
• High Multi-Core Performance (Cinebench 2024: 782 Points)
• Seamless Hardware and Software Integration