Comparing Apple M2 vs Apple M2

description_compare Apple M2 and Google Tensor G2

• Name
  Apple M2 Google Tensor G2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple M series Google Tensor
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  Apple M2 Google Tensor G2
• Predecessor
  -- Google Tensor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)

• GPU name
  Apple M2 (8 Core) ARM Mali-G710 MP7
• GPU frequency
  3.50 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  128 7
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Generation
  2 Vallhall 3
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2021

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 12 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 10 W
• TDP up
  20 W --
• TDP down
  10 W --

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 G2
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2022