So it should have been called M1.2 at most? 
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Leaked Benchmarks Confirm M2 Chip is Up to 20% Faster Than M1
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M3 is when I'm jumping in the apple silicon boat. The 3nm process chips should be monsters.
I assume that's at load rather than idle? Could you share your source?
(Not doubting you, just curious to better understand the differences)
It looks like the majority of the target audience for Airs are better off with the original Air. They won’t benefit much from the M2 since single core performance is what really matters for them, and that’s only 12% faster, but you need at least a 20% increase to see a real world difference.
That's typically true although Intel's 12th gen CPU that was recently released improved performance by 20-30%.
Source: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...wwelldothe12thGenIntelCoreCPUsperformoverall?
It is a nice improvement and the chip was probably ready for months, most likely issues with the supply stuff. I do hope for a much bigger gain with M3 as Intel’s next step will be big too.
It depends as 3nm node just allows more transistors on same die area, but if they keep the same architecture and transistor count, all you get is lower power requirements.
Seems like the gains are largely (9% of the 11.6%) GHz related though? That’s great, but suggests little structural improvement in the cores themselves? I ask as it would indicate that further improvements would rely on the 3 nm process to manage power consumption?Wow, I'm impressed.
After AMD hammered them for like 3 straight years and they had Microsoft build some software tweaks to ensure better performance.
This looks promising. Maybe the next gen iPad Pro would be able to run the calculator app with the M2.
To a point yes. Faster clock rating of the CPU will certainly speed things up; however, that also adds more power consumption which is something the M2 is already doing.
Alder lake was more than 20 % over rocket lake. In some instances Intel nearly doubled multithreading performance. Albeit at many watts of power but the 12700k is a good part that doesn't overheat and is very potent in gaming.
AMD Zen 4, Intel raptor lake, and then Intel meteor lake are coming. Then Zen 5 and arrow lake will drop. x86 is not standing pat at all. 2023-24 will be insane years in the cpu wars...
But Apple is doing excellent things. I'm looking forward to Apple 3nm with cores based on a16.
Those Max Tech clickbaiters strike again with cherry picking results. If comparing M2 MBP to M1 MBP it's only 9.5% for ST and 14.9% for MT so minor bump credited to TSMC improved 5nm node.
9% clock increase
30% larger die size
20% increase GPU power consumption
These 10-20% performance increases really aren't the results I'd be jumping up and down about.
30% larger die size
20% increase GPU power consumption
These 10-20% performance increases really aren't the results I'd be jumping up and down about.
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The speakers were a big upgrade for me going to the 14" as well. It's simply amazing the kind of sound they are able to put out. No other laptop comes close, none of the pc laptops with audio brands slapped on them even compare to the regular 13"!
More so given the thermal envelop of one of the devices it will go into.
It’s most definitely going to be worse. The M2 is physically larger, has more transistors and is clocked higher, whilst using the same 5NM process as M1 series.
Pretty impressive. Imagine this chip will be on the new iPad Pro this fall. Very impressive.
My daughter needs a new MacBook Air to replace her struggling Intel model. And since she’s already got a case that fits the wedge-shaped ones, I guess I’ll have to give her my M1 MBA and I’ll just have to replace it with an M2 MBA for myself.
Hate when that happens. 😁
Hate when that happens. 😁
Battery life will be worse than the M1. You will see equal on Apple's webpage due to the fact that Apple increased the battery size to make up for the loss.
Why? The M2 is more power hungry already and that's according to Apple's own keynote graphs.
Naya, you are talking abou the 8-core version regarding multicore.
of course is single core faster than m1 and pro but also faster than m1 max/ultra.
