Apple M2 is a series of ARM -based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) for its Mac desktops and notebooks, and the iPad Pro tablet.

M2 is Apple's second generation of Apple silicon SoC (system on a chip) for the Mac. A successor to the M1, the M2 improves performance per watt with an eighteen percent faster CPU, a thirty-five percent more powerful GPU, and a forty percent faster Neural Engine.

The M2 is Apple's next-generation System on a Chip (SoC) developed for use in Macs and iPads. It marks Apple's continued work to transition away from the Intel chips that were used in Macs up until 2020.

The Apple M2 chip was unveiled at Apple's WWDC 2022 keynote on June 6, and it's the inaugural chip in Apple's second generation of bespoke silicon. This is significant because the M2 is an evolution of the remarkable M1 chip that debuted in 2020, and it powers Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Air 2022 and MacBook Pro 2022.

The Apple M2 system on a chip (SOC) is Apple's fifth entry in the Apple Silicon series of chips, announced in June 2022. Like the M1, it combines CPU and GPU onto one die (one piece of silicon) with shared memory for dramatically faster performance than systems that separate CPU and GPU into discrete chips.