Apple unveils M2

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CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced M2, beginning the next generation of Apple silicon designed specifically for the Mac. Built using second-generation 5-nanometer technology, M2 takes the industry-leading performance per watt of M1 even further with an 18 percent faster CPU, a 35 percent more powerful GPU, and a 40 percent faster Neural Engine.1 It also delivers 50 percent more memory bandwidth compared to M1, and up to 24GB of fast unified memory. M2 brings all of this — plus new custom technologies and greater efficiency — to the completely redesigned MacBook Air and updated 13-inch MacBook Pro.

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

Apple’s Next-Generation Custom Technologies​

M2 brings Apple’s latest custom technologies to the Mac, enabling new capabilities, better security, and more:

• 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.

Apple unveils M2 with breakthrough performance and capabilities - Apple