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Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
The 2023 MacBook Pro workhorse: eight performance cores deliver a solid multi-core step over the M1 Pro, and the ProRes engines plus 200GB/s of bandwidth kept it the sane pick over the Max for most professionals.
Pros
- Solid multi-core uplift over M1 Pro
- 200GB/s unified memory bandwidth
- ProRes and media engines speed video editing
- Cool and quiet in 14-inch chassis
Cons
- Single-core well behind the M3 generation
- 32GB memory ceiling
- No hardware ray tracing
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M2 Pro (12-core)
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 5 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 8
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 12
- Boost clock
- 3.7 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 19-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 32 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,750Top 36%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 14,200Top 31%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,590Bottom 40%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 14,400Top 41%
- PassMark
- 26,735Top 30%
Quick answers
Is the Apple M2 Pro (12-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M2 Pro (12-core) earns an Inno Score of 57/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The 2023 MacBook Pro workhorse: eight performance cores deliver a solid multi-core step over the M1 Pro, and the ProRes engines plus 200GB/s of bandwidth kept it the sane pick over the Max for most professionals.
Does the Apple M2 Pro (12-core) count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 26,735 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. It is an Arm-based chip, so a requirement that asks specifically for an Intel or AMD (x86-64) processor excludes it. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Apple M2 Pro (12-core)?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 3.7 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M2 Pro (12-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, AMD Ryzen 7 8840U, Intel Core Ultra 7 256V — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
