Last Monday (6th), apple revealed what was expected apple Mtwo, The second generation of the Cupertino company’s powerful processor series. We placed the new model side by side, promising huge leaps in performance and efficiency. M1Published in 2020 to make a theoretical comparison and see what’s new for users.
Check out the comparison between Apple M1 and Apple M2, which are Apple’s chips based on ARM architecture, below.
5nm and 8 cores are back
Substantially, M2 brings a very similar pattern with its predecessor. Both chips have a fabrication process of about 5 nanometers. While the lithograph is the same, Apple is introducing the second-generation ARM-based 5nm, but that shouldn’t represent big leaps in working alone. The number of transistors showed a “slight” increase from 16 billion to 20 billion on the M2.
line apple silicone It uses the famous hybrid architecture and with the next generation, the company maintains the 8 core standard with 4 core efficiency and 4 core performance. In short, performance cores are designed for more complex tasks like video rendering, while productivity cores deal with background windows and browsers for example.
During the presentation at WWDC, the company reiterated that the main purpose of the new processor is to maximize performance while optimizing energy efficiency and therefore heating. Putting two generations side by side M2 offers 18% more performance More threaded on the CPU than before.
GPU gets 2 more cores
Speaking of graphics processing, the GPU that comes with the new model has 10 cores versus 8 cores of the M1. L2 cache has gained improvements, bandwidth has increased and the project should have around 3.6 teraflops.
On the video side, the graphics card Provide up to 35% more performance at full capacity, it consumes a few more watts. When we talk about the same energy consumption as the M1, the new graphics chip gains up to 25%.
Other features
HE M2 It also brings with it some important structural changes such as RAM memory up to 24GB It has a bandwidth of 100 GB/s in the LPDDR5X standard, while available on the M1 was the already known LPDDR4X. The arrival of DDR5 modules should improve the performance of the machine, thanks to improvements in the communication channels of the combs.
The M2 will also have improvements to the Neural Engine, which uses machine learning to boost device performance. Now the function will have 16 cores capable of processing up to 15 trillion operations per second, producing 40% more performance than the M1.
Apple/Reveal For audiovisual professionals, the new chip supports 8K and external 6K displays with H.264 and HEVC encoders. The Secure Enclave is also updated and more powerful, adding extra layers of protection to MacBook Air and Pro.
HE apple M2 It will be available on the new MacBook Air in 2022 and is expected to reach other unannounced devices from the company.
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Rear camera: 12 MP (f/1.6, 26mm, 1.7µm) + 12 MP (f/2.2, 65mm, 1/3.4″, 1.0µm) + 12 MP (f/2.4, 120˚, 13mm, 1/3.6″) + TOF 3-dimensional
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Front camera: 12 MP (f/2.2, 23mm, 1/3.6″) + SL 3D
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Video: 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps
Source: Tec Mundo
