appleend “Peek Performance” an event in Mac Prodid not introduce , currently the most powerful computer with Apple silicon Mac Studio. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman confirms Mac Pro update M2 Extreme He writes that he will have to wait until he releases the chipset. So the Mac Pro will come with the M2.
M1 Ultrais officially the last and most powerful chip in the M1 series. The Extreme model will sit above the Ultra and 48 CPU cores and Up to 128 GPU cores It will be a beast with about twice the resources offered by the M1 Ultra. And that’s before you factor in the performance boost from the new architecture and process node.
These are in the air right now. M1 series chips use the CPU and GPU cores from Apple A14 chips (iPhone 12 series). The M2 series will switch to A15 or A16 designs and the associated process, although it is not yet clear which (choice depends on TSMC’s production capacities and yields).
The M2 series chipset might look like this:
| chipset | CPU cores | GPU cores | chipset | CPU cores | GPU cores |
| M1 | 8 (4+4) | 7/8 | M2 | 8 | 10 |
| M1 Pro | 8 (6+2) | 14 | – | – | – |
| M1 Pro | 10 (8+2) | 14/16 | M2 Pro | 12 | 16 |
| M1 Max | 10 (8+2) | 24/32 | M2 Max | 12 | 32 |
| M1 Ultra | 20 (16+4) | 48/64 | M2 Ultra | 24 | 48/64 |
| – | – | – | M2 Extreme | 48 | 96/128 |
M1 UltraActually Apple’s UltraFusion two pieces connected by a silicon tool, a design he calls M1 Max is the chip. Probably M2 Ultra will have a similar design, while the M2 Extreme should have four M2 Max chips in one.
Gurman offers this possible distribution of M2 chips among upcoming Macs dedicated to consumer and professional products:
Pro
- MacBook Pro (14 inch and 16 inch) with an M2 Pro and M2 Max
- iMac Pro with an M2 Pro and M2 Max
- Mac Studio with an M2 Max and M2 Ultra
- Mac Pro with an M2 Ultra and M2 Extreme
- Apple Pro Display 7K
Consumer
- MacBook Air – M2
- MacBook Pro (13-inch) – M2
- Mac mini with an M2 and M2 Pro version to replace the Intel model
- iMac – M2
- Apple Studio Display
Analysts expect Apple to launch a new Pro XDR display alongside the new Mac Pro. It will offer 7K resolution (higher than 6K on the current model) and may have its own A-series chipset to power features like Center Stage and Siri.