M2 (8C9G-FL) vs A8X

M2 (8C9G-FL)

A8X

8 Cores 8 Threads 3.49GHz Clock	3 Cores 3 Threads 1.5GHz Clock
Socket Unknown	Socket Unknown
iGPU 9-Core M2-FL 3.22 TFLOPS FP32	iGPU PowerVR GX6850 A8X 230 GFLOPS FP32

Highlights

Geekbench 6

GB6 Single-Core

5.62x faster vs A8X

82% slower vs M2 (8C9G-FL)

M2 (8C9G-FL) - GB6S 2,500

x5.62

A8X - GB6S 445

GB6 Multi-Core

10.64x faster vs A8X

91% slower vs M2 (8C9G-FL)

M2 (8C9G-FL) - GB6M 9,525

x10.64

A8X - GB6M 895

Memory Bandwidth

4x faster vs A8X

75% slower vs M2 (8C9G-FL)

M2 (8C9G-FL) - 102.4GB/s

A8X - 25.6GB/s

TDP

88% higher vs A8X

47% lower vs M2 (8C9G-FL)

M2 (8C9G-FL) - 15W

x1.88

A8X - 8W

iGPU FP32

14x faster vs A8X

93% slower vs M2 (8C9G-FL)

M2 (8C9G-FL) - 3.22 TFLOPS FP32

x14

A8X - 230 GFLOPS FP32

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6

GB6S 2,500 62%	GB6S 445 11%
GB6M 9,525 36%	GB6M 895 3%

Cinebench R23

CB23S 1,590 61%	CB23S N/A 0%
CB23M 8,000 19%	CB23M N/A 0%

Tech Specs

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Architecture Apple Silicon 11	Architecture Apple Silicon 3
Family M Series	Family A Series
Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64	Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64
Codename Staten M2 P-Core Avalanche E-Core Blizzard	Codename Capri A8X - Typhoon - -
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date 5/7/2024	Release Date 10/22/2014

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Node N5P	Node 20nm
Die Size 155 mm²	Die Size 128 mm²
Transistor Count 20 Billion	Transistor Count 3 Billion

Socket

Unknown

Core Configuration

8 Cores 4 P-Cores 4 E-Cores	3 Cores - -
8 Threads 4 P-Threads 4 E-Threads	3 Threads - -

Clock Speeds

P-Core 3.49GHz	- 1.5GHz

E-Core 2.42GHz	- -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Chipset Bus

Integrated Chipset	Integrated Chipset

Cache

L0 Instruction	L0 Instruction
L0 Data	L0 Data
L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative	L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - -
L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative	L1 Data 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - -
L2 16MB Shared 16-way set associative 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative	L2 2MB Shared 16-way set associative - -
- - -	L3 4MB Shared 16-way set associative
8MB SLC Cache	-

Memory Controller


Channels 2	Channels 2
Max Memory 24GB	Max Memory 2GB
ECC Not Supported	ECC Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit	Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit
Clock 3200MHz Transfer Rate 6400MT/s	Clock 800MHz Transfer Rate 1600MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel 51.2GB/s Bandwidth 102.4GB/s	Bandwidth/Channel 12.8GB/s Bandwidth 25.6GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 15W	TDP 8W
Temp 100°C Max	- -
Included Cooler	Included Cooler

Expansion

PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes

No PCIe

iGPU

9-Core M2-FL

1152 Shaders

1398MHz

3.22 TFLOPS FP32

PowerVR GX6850 A8X

256 Shaders

450MHz

230 GFLOPS FP32

NPU

	No NPU
16 Cores	-
15.8 TOPS FP16	-

Cellular

No Cellular	No Cellular

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