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:
463rd fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
98th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
62nd fastest in out of 1455 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

26638

Single Thread Rating

4098

Samples: 478*
*Margin for error: Low

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

Integer Math	57,853 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	73,531 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	357 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	41,024 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	15,698 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	336,304 KBytes/Sec
Physics	3,606 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,133 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	4,098 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop with Apple M2 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU and 19‑core GPU: 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 16GB Unified Memory, 1TB SSD Storage. Works with iPhone/iPad; Space Gray

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,638
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,924
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,160
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,344
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,820
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,725
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,728
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,632

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.04
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.17
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.18
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		4,098
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,054
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,036
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,926
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,660
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,642
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,604
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411

Last 5 Baselines for Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5090573 - Mar 29 2025		28873
BL5090562 - Mar 29 2025		28095
BL5090528 - Mar 29 2025		28469
BL5090215 - Mar 25 2025		28700
BL5090213 - Mar 25 2025		28512

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Popular comparisons for Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,638
Intel Core i7-13650HX vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		30,861 (+15.9%)
Intel Core i9-13900H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		28,097 (+5.5%)
Intel Core i7-13700H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,679 (+0.2%)
Intel Core i7-13620H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		24,389 (-8.4%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		30,167 (+13.2%)
Intel Core i9-13905H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		29,720 (+11.6%)
Intel Core i5-13500HX vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		29,508 (+10.8%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		29,479 (+10.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		28,821 (+8.2%)
Intel Core i9-12900H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		27,511 (+3.3%)
Apple M2 Max 12 Core 3680 MHz vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,765 (+0.5%)
Intel Core i7-13800H vs Apple M2 Pro 12 Core 3480 MHz		26,702 (+0.2%)

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