Earlier this week, Apple unveiled the next-generation Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro chips. Although the new desktop computers will be shipped out to customers starting January 24, the first Geekbench scores of the advanced M2 Pro chip have surfaced online.
Built on a 5nm process, the new M2 Pro chip not only outshined its predecessor M1 Pro chip but also M1 Max. In 2020, Apple debuted the M1 chip in the Mac mini, and in 2021, the company introduced M1 Pro and M1 Max chips in high-end MacBook Pro models.
M2 Pro
- Up to 12-core CPU (8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores)
- Up to 19-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 200GB/s memory bandwidth
M1 Pro
- 10-core CPU (8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores)
- 16-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 200GB/s memory bandwidth
M1 Max
- 10-core CPU (8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores)
- Up to 32-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 400GB/s memory bandwidth
M2 Pro Mac mini with 16GB of unified memory outshined M1 Pro and M1 Max chips
The maximum memory capacity supported by the Mac mini with an M2 Pro chip is 16GB of unified memory. This computer outshined the M1 Max Mac Studio with 32GB of unified memory.
Geekbench score of M2 Pro chip
- Single core score – 1,952
- Multi-core score – 15,013
Geekbench score of M1 Pro chip
- Single core score – 1,734
- Multi-core score – 10,076
Geekbench score of M1 Max chip
- Single core score – 1,727
- Multi-core score – 12,643
It is likely that the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro chips are also going to deliver similar performance.
Although the fresh Geekbench scores of the M2 Max chip have not appeared since the announcement, previous Geekbench 5 scores of the M2 Max chip showed slightly faster performance than the M1 Max chip.
New Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro and MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are available for order on Apple’s online store and Apple Store app.
