Apple M1 VS M2 Second-Gen Mac Silicon!

The M2 Chip: A Major Upgrade Over the M1

Apple has announced its second-generation chip, dubbed the M2, which promises to deliver significant performance and efficiency upgrades over its predecessor, the M1. The new chip includes 20 billion transistors, a 20% boost over the 16 billion contained in the M1, and processes about 15.8 trillion operations every second, a 40% increase from what the M1 was capable of. This represents a major step forward for Apple's silicon technology.

The M2 Chip: An 8-Core Processor with a Boosted Clock Speed

One of the key features of the M2 chip is its increased core count, which remains at 8 cores, but includes 4 high-efficiency cores and 4 high-performance cores. However, Apple has increased the clock speed on some of these cores, allowing them to run faster and providing a noticeable boost in performance. This means that the M2 chip can run up to 18% faster than the M1, while still drawing the same amount of power.

Apple's GPU Upgrade: An 8-Core Option with More Capable Graphics

The M2 chip also includes an updated GPU option, which now offers 8 or 10 cores, a significant increase over the 7 or 8 cores available in the M1. When it draws the same amount of power, the M2 will have 25 more capable graphics than the M1, and when maxed out, will have a 35% boost in graphics performance over the M1. Both chips include Apple's 16-core Neural Engine, but with a new Next-Generation Neural Engine and Secure Enclave.

Memory and Bandwidth: A Major Upgrade

The M2 chip uses a unified memory architecture, which provides 100 gigabytes per second of bandwidth for memory, a 50% increase over the 16 gigs available in the M1. This represents a significant upgrade in terms of memory and processing power. Apple has also introduced hardware-accelerated video encode and decode engines, as well as a dedicated ProRes encode engine and ProRes decode engine.

Conclusion: Will You Upgrade Your M1 Machine?

While the M2 chip promises significant performance and efficiency upgrades over the M1, it's not clear yet whether this will be enough to warrant upgrading existing M1 machines. Apple has introduced new features and technologies that are sure to appeal to users who need more processing power for video tasks or other demanding applications. However, for casual users, the upgrade may not be necessary.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlet's chat about the differences between apple's m1 and m2 processors welcome to apple insider it is andrew here and you can find me on twitter at andrew underscore osu if you have not done so already please go ahead and subscribe and enable those notifications so you don't miss a single video in this video let's talk about apple's brand new m2 processor that was just announced at wwdc 2022 at dub dub apple usually doesn't release new hardware but this year we were surprised with both a macbook air and a 13-inch macbook pro equipped with apple's m2 processor so let's compare that m2 against the existing and still available m1 processor before we get our hands on these new machines apple's m2 is built on an enhanced second generation 5 nanometer process it includes 20 billion transistors which is a 20 boost over the 16 billion contained in the m1 additionally it processes about 15.8 trillion operations every second which is a 40 increase from what the m1 was capable of so they're using an updated process to build the m2 but how does it fare in terms of cores in performance well the m2 just like the m1 is an 8 core chip there are 4 high efficiency cores and 4 high performance cores apple though has increased the clock speed on some of its cores allowing them to run a bit faster in taking all this into consideration the m2 is able to run up to 18 faster than the m1 while drawing the same amount of power if i could just interrupt myself for one moment i have to think our sponsor for this video jamf jamf is the de facto standard in apple mobile device management and it's trusted by more than 62 000 businesses schools and hospitals apple's exceptional hardware is only half of the equation how you secure manage and to empower your users with that technology is the other half and jamf makes that happen jamf has the ability to scale to any business whether you've got just a handful of iphones or ipads or tens of thousands of iphones ipads macs or apple tvs jamf can be your solution jamf is ready to scale to any size business whether you've got a handful of ipads or you have tens of thousands of iphones ipads macs and apple tvs jamf can be the solution recently it introduced app installers which is an automated way for it teams to update third party mac apps when a new version is released jamp automatically sources packages and deploys the new versions ensuring users have the latest features and security patches on a personal note i've actually had the opportunity to sit down with several organizations that have rolled out jamf mdm solutions in their businesses and they have always spoken extremely highly of jam software and credited with making all of their goals a reality you can get started today and start your free trial by following the link that is down in the description or by heading to jamf.com thank you again very much to jamf for sponsoring this video if we turn and look at the gpu there is now an 8 or a 10 core option for the gpu versus the m1 that was limited to either 7 or 8 cores when it draws the same amount of power the m2 will have 25 more capable graphics than the m1 and when you max out the power the m2 will have a 35 boost in graphics over the m1 both chips include apple's 16 core neural engine though apple says there is a new next generation neural engine and secure enclave in numbers the neural engine is reportedly up to 40 faster at operations than the one contained in the m1 another difference between these machines is the memory apple uses a great unified memory architecture across its silicon and with the m2 it now has 100 gigabytes per second of bandwidth for memory which is a 50 increase over the m1 rather than being capped at 16 gigs you can now configure an m2 macbook air or macbook pro with up to 24 gigs of memory apple's also brought some other features from the m1 pro to the m2 processor for example apple has new hardware accelerated video encode and decode engines so there's hardware accelerated encode and decode video engines as well as a dedicated prores encode engine and a dedicated prores decode engine on this m2 chip which means anyone who's using it for video tasks at all should see definite improvements in their rendering and exports apple has just announced these new chips and i have not yet had a chance to try them out for myself but i think apple has done a great job on its first second generation of silicon for the mac apple still has the m1 pro the m1 max and the m1 ultra that are above the m2 chip so don't worry that those chips are going to be eclipsed by the m2 apple will surely be introducing an m2 pro and m2 max and m2 ultra at some point down the line this is just the beginning starting out in these consumer machines and it is a great step forward is it a big enough upgrade over the m1 to warrant upgrading your m1 machine i'm not so sure quite yet i have to get my hands on a new air in macbook pro and test them out for myself and see how much of a performance difference there actually is in real world use but from these numbers it's definitely tempting for some users let me know what you guys think down below in the comments or on twitter at andrew underscore osu otherwise stay tuned still have a lot more videos headed your way youlet's chat about the differences between apple's m1 and m2 processors welcome to apple insider it is andrew here and you can find me on twitter at andrew underscore osu if you have not done so already please go ahead and subscribe and enable those notifications so you don't miss a single video in this video let's talk about apple's brand new m2 processor that was just announced at wwdc 2022 at dub dub apple usually doesn't release new hardware but this year we were surprised with both a macbook air and a 13-inch macbook pro equipped with apple's m2 processor so let's compare that m2 against the existing and still available m1 processor before we get our hands on these new machines apple's m2 is built on an enhanced second generation 5 nanometer process it includes 20 billion transistors which is a 20 boost over the 16 billion contained in the m1 additionally it processes about 15.8 trillion operations every second which is a 40 increase from what the m1 was capable of so they're using an updated process to build the m2 but how does it fare in terms of cores in performance well the m2 just like the m1 is an 8 core chip there are 4 high efficiency cores and 4 high performance cores apple though has increased the clock speed on some of its cores allowing them to run a bit faster in taking all this into consideration the m2 is able to run up to 18 faster than the m1 while drawing the same amount of power if i could just interrupt myself for one moment i have to think our sponsor for this video jamf jamf is the de facto standard in apple mobile device management and it's trusted by more than 62 000 businesses schools and hospitals apple's exceptional hardware is only half of the equation how you secure manage and to empower your users with that technology is the other half and jamf makes that happen jamf has the ability to scale to any business whether you've got just a handful of iphones or ipads or tens of thousands of iphones ipads macs or apple tvs jamf can be your solution jamf is ready to scale to any size business whether you've got a handful of ipads or you have tens of thousands of iphones ipads macs and apple tvs jamf can be the solution recently it introduced app installers which is an automated way for it teams to update third party mac apps when a new version is released jamp automatically sources packages and deploys the new versions ensuring users have the latest features and security patches on a personal note i've actually had the opportunity to sit down with several organizations that have rolled out jamf mdm solutions in their businesses and they have always spoken extremely highly of jam software and credited with making all of their goals a reality you can get started today and start your free trial by following the link that is down in the description or by heading to jamf.com thank you again very much to jamf for sponsoring this video if we turn and look at the gpu there is now an 8 or a 10 core option for the gpu versus the m1 that was limited to either 7 or 8 cores when it draws the same amount of power the m2 will have 25 more capable graphics than the m1 and when you max out the power the m2 will have a 35 boost in graphics over the m1 both chips include apple's 16 core neural engine though apple says there is a new next generation neural engine and secure enclave in numbers the neural engine is reportedly up to 40 faster at operations than the one contained in the m1 another difference between these machines is the memory apple uses a great unified memory architecture across its silicon and with the m2 it now has 100 gigabytes per second of bandwidth for memory which is a 50 increase over the m1 rather than being capped at 16 gigs you can now configure an m2 macbook air or macbook pro with up to 24 gigs of memory apple's also brought some other features from the m1 pro to the m2 processor for example apple has new hardware accelerated video encode and decode engines so there's hardware accelerated encode and decode video engines as well as a dedicated prores encode engine and a dedicated prores decode engine on this m2 chip which means anyone who's using it for video tasks at all should see definite improvements in their rendering and exports apple has just announced these new chips and i have not yet had a chance to try them out for myself but i think apple has done a great job on its first second generation of silicon for the mac apple still has the m1 pro the m1 max and the m1 ultra that are above the m2 chip so don't worry that those chips are going to be eclipsed by the m2 apple will surely be introducing an m2 pro and m2 max and m2 ultra at some point down the line this is just the beginning starting out in these consumer machines and it is a great step forward is it a big enough upgrade over the m1 to warrant upgrading your m1 machine i'm not so sure quite yet i have to get my hands on a new air in macbook pro and test them out for myself and see how much of a performance difference there actually is in real world use but from these numbers it's definitely tempting for some users let me know what you guys think down below in the comments or on twitter at andrew underscore osu otherwise stay tuned still have a lot more videos headed your way you\n"