Apple unveils M2, taking the breakthrough performance and capabilities of M1 even further

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M2 conveys new degrees of force effective execution and abilities to the totally upgraded MacBook Air and refreshed 13-inch MacBook Pro

The M2 chip begins the next generation of Apple silicon designed specifically for the Mac.

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More Transistors, More Memory

M2 delivers 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth — 50 percent more than M1 — and can be configured with up to 24GB of fast unified memory.

Faster Power-Efficient Performance

The CPU of M2 features faster performance cores and enhanced efficiency cores that together deliver 18 percent greater multithreaded performance than M1.

Performance increased M1 vs M2

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Apple’s Next-Generation Custom Technologies

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– The Neural Engine can process up to 15.8 trillion operations per second — over 40 percent more than M1. – The media engine includes a higher-bandwidth video decoder, supporting 8K H.264 and HEVC video. – Apple’s powerful ProRes video engine enables playback of multiple streams of both 4K and 8K video. – Apple’s latest Secure Enclave provides best-in-class security. – A new image signal processor (ISP) delivers better image noise reduction.