New chip. Next chapter.
M2 begins the next chapter for Apple silicon, which has transformed the Mac lineup with its blazing performance and power efficiency. The breakthrough system on a chip (SoC) architecture combines the CPU, GPU, memory, and more on a single chip so everything runs much faster while requiring much less power.
M2 is built using an enhanced second-generation 5nanometer technology. It features over 20 billion transistors 25 percent more than M1. And its 16-core Neural Engine is capable of executing up to 15.8 trillion operations per second to accelerate machine learning tasks. Up to 24GB of high-performance unified memory gives the CPU and GPU shared access to a larger memory pool. And the 100GB/s memory bandwidth 50 percent more than M1 makes multitasking and running multiple apps superfluid.
To be clear, its gorgeous.
The breathtaking 13.6 -inch Liquid Retina display is the biggest and brightest ever on MacBook Air, with support for 1 billion colors.