Apple 10-Core M2 vs Apple 4-Core A15 Full Specs - HMC

1,280 Shaders 1.4GHz	512 Shaders 1.34GHz
Shared Memory102.4GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory34.1GB/sLPDDR4X
·· 3.58 TFLOPS	·· 1.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

10-Core M2

10-Core M23.58 TFLOPSFP16

x2.61

4-Core A15

4-Core A151.37 TFLOPSFP16

x1

Clock Speed ··	Clock Speed ··
Peak OPS 3.58 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 1.37 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 3.58 TFLOPS	FP32 1.37 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 55.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 21.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 111.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 42.8 GTexel/s

Shaders 1,280 Shaders	Shaders 512 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 32 TMUs
ROPs 40 ROPs	ROPs 16 ROPs
EUs 160 EUs	EUs 64 EUs

Boost Clock

1.4GHz

Boost Clock

1.34GHz

L2 Cache

2MB shared

L2 Cache

512KB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR4X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 4.3GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 102.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 3840x2160
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 30Hz
Multi-Monitor 1	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Supported	DSC Not Supported

Encoder Apple Media Engine 2	-
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec -

Decoder Apple Media Engine 2	-
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec -

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Blower 1x Fan	Cooling Open-Air -

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Apple Gen 5
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G14G	Codename G14P
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Jun 6, 2022	Release Date Sep 24, 2021

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 153mm²	Die Size 108mm²
Transistor Count 20.1B	Transistor Count 15B
Transistor Density 131 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²