Apple’s new M2 chip appeared today in a leaked Geekbench 5 test. Found inside the upcoming 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple’s latest iteration of silicon did a good job, so much so that, compared to the $ 6,000 Intel-based Mac Pro, the M2 chip is really the winner .
According to the leaked benchmark, the M2 has proven to be up to 20% faster than the M1, exceeding Apple’s chip expectations. Aside from beating the high-end Mac Pro, the M2 also wins against the MacBook Pro M1.
CPU benchmarks leaked for Apple M2 chip!
3.49 GHz CPU clock versus 3.2 GHz M1 Single Core vs. M1 Performance Gain: 11.56% Multi-Core Performance Gain vs. M1: 19.45%
A little better than my estimates. I’m impressed! to @ amoss_137 to share. pic.twitter.com/NS9xODnOdX
– Vadim Yuryev (@VadimYuryev) June 15, 2022
Although the 13-inch MacBook Pro is not yet available for pre-order, we already have the first benchmark results for the laptop and therefore the first benchmarks of the M2 chip. Apple itself has forecast a performance increase of around 18% when switching from M1 to M2. It’s still the first few days, and we only have the results of a benchmark, but so far, so good: the M2 has managed to do a better job than what Apple itself had caused during its announcement.
The M2 and M1 have eight cores, which equates to four performance cores and four efficiency cores. However, the M2 has higher clock speeds, reaching 3.49 GHz compared to the 3.2 GHz offered by the M1. The M2 also gains in the number of GPU cores, making it eight to 10.
In the Geekbench 5 test, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 chip scored 1,919 points in the single-core test and 8,928 in the multi-core test. Both mark an increase over the M1, which scored 1,707 and 7,419, respectively. This represents an 11.5% improvement in single core performance, as well as a 19.5% increase in the multicore. These scores place the M2 just one strip above what Apple mocked.
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The M2’s two additional GPU cores are also doing their job. In the Metal benchmark, the M2 scored 30,627 points compared to the 21,001 of the M1. This represents a 45% increase between the two tokens.
Comparing the M2 with the M1 is logical, but perhaps the most exciting duel is between the M2 chip and the latest Mac Pro, which has not yet been upgraded to Apple’s silicon. MacRumors compared the base model of the 2019 Mac Pro, priced at $ 5,999, with the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, priced at $ 1,299. The result shows that the M2 chip dominates the Mac Pro a little aged, but always so expensive, gaining 11% in multi-core performance.
Of course, when comparing the Mac Pro to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, you need to consider the other factors that the desktop offers. It can be equipped with more storage, there are several GPU options and there is also a more expensive model with 12 cores compared to the eight that are in the base version. However, if you consider the nearly $ 5,000 price difference between the Mac Pro and the new MacBook, it’s hard not to applaud the M2 chip, let alone wait for the launch of an Apple-based silicon Mac Pro.
First announced at WWDC 2022, the M2 chip will be first in a new MacBook Air and in the aforementioned 13-inch MacBook Pro. While it’s true that the M2 will mark the beginning of Apple’s next generation of silicon, it’s still not as big a leap from the previous generation as some might have expected. Maybe we’ll have to wait until the M3 to see a real generational leap with a massive increase in performance.
We won’t know the true performance of the M2 chip until more benchmarks come out, but so far, these results are encouraging. Future Apple devices, including the rumored Mac Pro, will likely be equipped with some version of the M2, so we will certainly see much more in the coming months.
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