M2 Benchmarks Filtered: On par with MacBook Pro vs cheaper M1 Pro

WWDC 2022 ended with the release of the updated MacBook Air and the new generation of MacBook Air. 13″ Macbook Pro. In both cases, equipped with a new processor: Chip M2. This comes to update the M1 that the company announced in 2020 as it began the transition from Intel chips to its own ARM processors and, according to Apple, it is 18% more powerful.

Although it is not possible to check these indicators for yourself, since none of the two devices is sold, because. reference point The filtering done on the 13-inch MacBook Pro suggests that the Cupertino firm is right.

Based on performance tests conducted with the said hardware, the M2 chip scored 1919 points in single-core mode and 8941 points in multi-core mode. On the other hand, the M1 chip scored 1707 in single-core tests and 7419 in multi-core tests. This means an 11.56% improvement in single-core M2 performance and a 19.45% improvement in multi-core performance compared to the M1 chip., according to data available from Geekbench Browser. Thus, the results are consistent with the details of the company.

The leaked test of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip also proved useful for comparing performance to the 8-core M1 Pro chip. In particular, Apple’s new SoC is very close to the processor available in base 14-inch MacBook Pro models. reaches a multi-core score of 9511. Amazing fact.

MacBook Pro with M2 chip will be available at the end of June

Equipment with which performance tests were conducted through GeekBench; The MacBook Pro with the M2 chip will be available on June 24 for a starting price of €1,619 for the model with 8-core GPU, one 10-core processor and a combined memory of 8 GB. At the moment, it is not known when the MacBook Air will appear in the same configuration, the price of which is 1519 euros.

Apple, on the other hand, may soon announce new MacBook Pro models with Chip M2 Pro and M2 Pro Maxwhich will improve the performance of the current M1 Pro and M1 Pro Max.