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:
1293rd fastest in multithreading out of 6006 CPUs
295th fastest in single threading out of 6006 CPUs
399th fastest in out of 1588 Desktop CPUs
295th fastest in out of 1647 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

15649

Single Thread Rating

3882

Samples: 4640*
*Margin for error: Low

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

Integer Math	37,000 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	37,532 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	174 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	23,699 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	9,467 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	185,797 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,666 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,789 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,882 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of September 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of September 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of September 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 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,226
Intel Core i7-12700H		24,953
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,824
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,468
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,584
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,544
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,124
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,124
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,427
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,547

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		162.88
Intel Core i9-14900K		123.89
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.16
Intel Core i7-12700H		54.60
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.58
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.08
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10.99
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 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,689
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,882
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,673
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,673
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,480
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,006
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		2,987
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,605
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,595

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL8119980 - Sep 10 2026		9855
BL5125478 - Sep 09 2026		17587
BL5125429 - Sep 08 2026		17343
BL5125350 - Sep 07 2026		2046
BL5125341 - Sep 07 2026		17440

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 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Intel Core i7-1265U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,027 (-16.8%)
Intel Core i7-1255U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,955 (-17.2%)
Intel Core i5-1245U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,748 (-18.5%)
Intel Core i5-1235U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,428 (-20.6%)
Intel Core i3-1220P vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,630 (-0.1%)
Intel Core i5-1345U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,858 (-11.4%)
Intel Core i7-1355U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,844 (-11.5%)
Intel Core i5-1335U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,789 (-11.9%)
Intel Core i7-1365U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		13,654 (-12.8%)
Intel Core i5-1334U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		12,986 (-17.0%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		19,067 (+21.8%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U vs Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		16,729 (+6.9%)

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