In the WWDC 2022 conference, Apple mentioned that the GPU performance of the M2 is 35% higher than that of the M1, which can be said to be very large. Therefore, for Mac users who like to play games, they must be curious about the performance of the game. Isn’t that also a huge increase? Recently, YouTube conducted this test, and sure enough, several masterpieces have improved the FPS a lot, and one of them has nearly doubled.
How is the performance of M2 running 3A game masterpieces?The actual measurement shows that there is a significant improvement compared with M1
Recently, foreign YouTube channel Andrew Tsai conducted a benchmarking test of the M2 Mac game performance. He tested a total of 3 AAA game masterpieces, namely “Grand Theft Auto V”, “Tomb Raider: Shadow” and “Thriller:” exile”. But one thing to note is that the M1 he compared is a MacBook Air, which is not fair strictly speaking, because the MacBook Air has no fan design, its performance must be worse than the M1 MacBook Pro, but about the M1 vs M2 part, it can still be For a little reference, it can be imagined that the FPS of the M1 MacBook Pro will be a little higher. In addition, those who are planning to buy an M2 MacBook Air can also use this test to know about the performance of games with this machine:
The first is Geekbench 5 running points. In terms of multi-core, M2 scored 8906 points, which is 13% higher than M1’s 7753 points. The single-core M2 scored 1895 points, about 10% faster than the M1:
“Grand Theft Auto V” tested him using CrossOver to achieve it. At the beginning, the gap between M2 and M1 was not very big, but in the later stage, it became bigger and bigger. The FPS of M2 is about 40% faster than that of M1. Above 60FPS, much more stable than M1:
In the “Tomb Raider: Shadow” test, the average FPS performance increased from 23 to 33, and the overall game performance also increased by 40%:
“Third Tunnel: Exile” is the biggest gap among them. In some scenes, the FPS of M2 is twice as high as that of M1, which is a really big improvement:
So overall, for friends who want to use M2 to play games, if you have used M1 before, it should be quite obvious. In the previous WWDC 2022 conference, Apple also shared this performance test data, which is indeed similar to this actual test, about 40% faster:
Full test video:
In recent years, Apple has also paid more and more attention to the Mac game market, and the future can be said to be quite exciting. This time, Apple also launched the latest version of Metal 3, which enhances the gaming experience across Apple’s various platforms, and brings new features that take the Mac gaming experience to new heights, unlocking the full potential of Apple chips in the coming years.
MetalFX Upscaling enables developers to use less computationally intensive frames, then apply high-quality spatial magnification and frame interlacing antialiasing to quickly render complex scenes. This performance boost will give players a more realistic feel and stunning graphics. Game developers will also benefit from the Fast Resource Loading API; the API provides a more direct path from storage to the GPU to minimize latency, so games can more easily access high-quality Materials and geometry to create a wider world for a realistic, immersive gaming experience.