Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz

Benchmarks for the Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz

Description:

Class: Desktop, Laptop

Socket:

Total Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads

Primary Cores: 4 Cores, 4 Threads, 3.5 GHz Base, NA Turbo

Secondary Cores: 4 Cores, 4 Threads, 2.8 GHz Base, NA Turbo

Other names: ARM Apple M2 8 Core 0 MHz, Unknown CPU (iPad14,5), Unknown CPU (iPad14,6), Unknown CPU (iPad14,3), Unknown CPU (iPad14,4), Apple M2, Unknown CPU (iPad Pro 4th Gen (12.9 inch, WiFi)), Unknown CPU (iPad Pro 4th Gen (11 inch, Cellular)), Unknown CPU (iPad Pro 4th Gen (12.9 inch, Cellular, Unknown CPU (iPad Pro 4th Gen (11 inch, WiFi)), Unknown CPU (iPad14,8), Unknown CPU (iPad14,10), Unknown CPU (iPad14,9), Unknown CPU (iPad14,11)

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2022

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
1112th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
207th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
353rd fastest in out of 1476 Desktop CPUs
255th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

15652

Single Thread Rating

3892

Samples: 4130*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz

Integer Math	37,056 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	37,715 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	175 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	23,790 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	9,506 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	186,403 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,666 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,673 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,892 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop, Laptop CPUs
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,424
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,403
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,704
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,873
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,511
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,567
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,621

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		255.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		145.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.41
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.59
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.31
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.49
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.06
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,518
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,012
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,623
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,619
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5106269 - Nov 05 2025		17264
BL8107964 - Nov 05 2025		15706
BL5106243 - Nov 05 2025		17238
BL5106216 - Nov 04 2025		17021
BL5106192 - Nov 04 2025		16132

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Intel Core i7-1265U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,309 (-15.0%)
Intel Core i7-1255U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,162 (-15.9%)
Intel Core i5-1235U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,769 (-18.4%)
Intel Core i3-1220P vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		14,522 (-7.2%)
Intel Core i7-1355U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		14,131 (-9.7%)
Intel Core i5-1335U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		14,115 (-9.8%)
Intel Core i5-1245U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,996 (-17.0%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		19,139 (+22.3%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		17,181 (+9.8%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		16,229 (+3.7%)
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		14,147 (-9.6%)
Intel Core i7-1260U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,730 (-12.3%)

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