The M1 and M1 Pro scores were almost identical at 308 and 309, and the M2 topped out at 339. There was a smaller difference when using Chrome 104.

Our testing also found an 11 percent boost of the M2 over the M1 Pro. Our results are an average of three trials, and while I didn’t get an exact 400 score for the M2, I got an average just above that, and one of the trials actually scored 408. As I pointed out earlier, a 33 percent increase would mean that the M1 posted a 300 score. That’s a little more than half of what Heinemeier Hanson’s tweeted, but he compares the M2 to an M1 score that is not stated. When I tested Safari 15.6, I experienced an 18 percent increase of the M2 over the M1. Here’s what it found, first for the different chips: On each, it tested the latest versions of:

It tested the following chips by using equivalent-model MacBook Pro machines: The site then decided to run its own tests, which included comparisons between browsers. That’s 33% faster than the M1 (and A15) can do. Just clocked a clean 400 on the Speedometer 2.0 test for the M2 Air. Macworld spotted Basecamp founder David Heinemeier Hanson tweeting his own results, using the Apple tool Speedometer 2.0.Īpple’s chip team continues to embarrass everyone else in the business. But with these things noted, let’s see how the chips compare.Īpple’s WebKit team designed Speedometer as a way of simulating user interactions with websites and web-based apps in order to measure the responsiveness of the browser. If you have a lot of other apps open, doing things in the background, then you’ll see dramatically slower speeds. You’ll only see the fastest speeds your machine can achieve when only the browser is open. Namely, the other apps your Mac is running at the time. On the other, the speed of the browser itself pales when compared to your connection speed, and the speed of the webserver at the other end. On the one hand, web browsing is probably the single most frequent activity on a Mac.

We can now add web browsing speed into the mix – for whatever that’s worth. We’ve seen the results of a whole bunch of benchmarks measuring M2 Mac speeds in the latest MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models.

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