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:
1171st fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
236th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
369th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
270th fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

15640

Single Thread Rating

3886

Samples: 4330*
*Margin for error: Low

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

Integer Math	37,025 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	37,613 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	174 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	23,733 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	9,485 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	186,063 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,664 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,717 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,886 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,294
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,259
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,625
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,759
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,583
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,497
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,597

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.27
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.02
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,505
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,612

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5113264 - Feb 11 2026		17667
BL8112973 - Feb 11 2026		18131
BL8112922 - Feb 10 2026		12925
BL5113166 - Feb 10 2026		6851
BL8112889 - Feb 09 2026		18202

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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Intel Core i7-1265U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,260 (-15.2%)
Intel Core i7-1255U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,058 (-16.5%)
Intel Core i5-1245U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,910 (-17.5%)
Intel Core i5-1235U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,676 (-19.0%)
Intel Core i3-1220P vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		14,494 (-7.3%)
Intel Core i5-1345U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		14,150 (-9.5%)
Intel Core i7-1355U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		14,055 (-10.1%)
Intel Core i5-1335U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,985 (-10.6%)
Intel Core i5-1334U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,197 (-15.6%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		19,104 (+22.2%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		16,968 (+8.5%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		16,832 (+7.6%)

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