Leaked Geekbench benchmarks reveal that Apple’s new M2 chip is up to 20% faster than the M1 chip in multi-core performance.
The M2, which runs at 3.49GHz compared to 3.2GHz for the M1, earned a single-core score of 1919, which is roughly 12 percent faster than the 1707 single-core score of the M1 13-inch MacBook Pro. The M2 earned a multi-core score of 8928, up about 20 percent from the 7419 scored by the M1 model.
The Geekbench 5 test agrees with Apple’s claims that the M2 chip is up to 18% faster than the M1.
The Metal benchmark showed the M2 chip scoring 20627, which is a nice leap over the M1’s 21001 score. The M2 chip offers up to a 10-core GPU, compared to the 8-core maximum of the M1.
The M2 chip is used in the upcoming new 2022 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro.