Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz

Benchmarks for the Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 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 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket:

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 12

Other names: ARM Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 0 MHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
626th fastest in multithreading out of 5813 CPUs
166th fastest in single threading out of 5813 CPUs
99th fastest in out of 1614 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

26690

Single Thread Rating

4091

Samples: 563*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz

Integer Math	57,655 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	73,187 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	354 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	40,902 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	15,636 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	334,863 KBytes/Sec
Physics	3,602 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,597 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	4,091 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of March 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 Laptop CPUs
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,690
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,226
Apple M4 10 Core		23,683
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,610
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,740
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,994
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,470
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,590
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,383

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.20
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.37
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.03
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		4,091
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,501
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,002
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,886
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,613
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,390

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5114806 - Mar 07 2026		25657
BL5114108 - Feb 25 2026		19551
BL5113634 - Feb 18 2026		26408
BL5112766 - Feb 03 2026		22361
BL5112716 - Feb 02 2026		27492

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

Popular comparisons for Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,690
Intel Core i7-13650HX vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		30,395 (+13.9%)
Intel Core i9-13900H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		27,264 (+2.2%)
Intel Core i7-13700H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,056 (-2.4%)
Intel Core i5-13450HX vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		24,894 (-6.7%)
Intel Core i7-13620H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		23,513 (-11.9%)
Intel Core i7-13700HX vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		31,926 (+19.6%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		29,911 (+12.1%)
Intel Core i9-13905H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		29,718 (+11.3%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		29,260 (+9.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		28,448 (+6.6%)
Intel Core i5-13500HX vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		27,718 (+3.9%)
Intel Core i9-13900HK vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,923 (+0.9%)

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