T8112

Illustration of Apple's M2 SoC

The Apple M2 is the second ARM-based SoC designed by Apple Inc as a central processing unit for its line of Macintosh computers and iPad tablets.

It was first introduced at Apple's WWDC 2022 on 6 June 2022.

It's identified internally as T8112 and the part number is APL1109.

Specifications

General

• Manufacturer: TSMC
• Clock rate: 3.49 GHz (performance cores), 2.424 GHz (efficiency cores).
• Core design: Apple Avalanche x 4 and Apple Blizzard x 4
• Instruction set: ARMv8.?-A

Cache

• Performance cores
  • L1: 192KB instruction, 128KB data.
  • L2: 16 MB (shared)
• Efficiency cores
  • L1: 128KB instruction, 64KB data.
  • L2: 4 MB (shared)

GPU

• Apple-designed eight-core

Memory (RAM)

• 8GB, 16GB or 24GB LPDDR4X in a unified configuration.

Devices

iPad Pro

• iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation)

Mac

• MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
• MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)
• Mac mini (M2, 2023)

Bootrom

Version

• Bootrom 6821.0.0.200.16

Vulnerabilities

• None

See also

• Application Processor
• M2 Pro
• M2 Max
• M2 Ultra

External links

• Apple M2 on Wikipedia

System on a chip, an integrated set of processors that provide the majority of an iOS device's core hardware functionality

The ARM instruction set used by the CPU and other coprocessors of an Apple Silicon system-on-a-chip