Comparing Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) vs Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)

description_compare Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) and Apple A16 Bionic

• Name
  Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) Apple A16 Bionic
• Family
  Apple M series Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple M2 Apple A16
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 16
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  12 / 12 6 / 6
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Avalanche 2x Everest
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 4x Sawtooth
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.46 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.80 GHz 2.02 GHz

• GPU name
  Apple M2 Pro (19 Core) Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz 0.70 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  304 160
• Shader
  2432 1280
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  2 13
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q3/2022

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 6 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 1 (Single Channel)
• Bandwidth
  204.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes No

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 8.5 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 \xc2\xb0C --

• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB 20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 A16
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS iOS
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q3/2022
• Documents
  Technical data sheet --