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Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

Graphics processor

Rendering performance

Median score · higher is better

Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.

Blender 5.1.1 / macOS / METAL
Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores) 387.98 samples/min 8 complete runs · Middle 50%: 354.09 - 403.49 · Latest: 2026-07-17

Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

111.25 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

387.98 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
354.09117711775
75th percentile
403.49372022562
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

117.50 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

167.86 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

87.56 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

353.75 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
332.76883189681
75th percentile
356.66379575481
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

88.03 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

175.74 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

92.81 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

353.57 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
352.23441266209
75th percentile
364.39028481222
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

84.94 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

176.86 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

92.62 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

354.14 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
352.75356144759
75th percentile
356.34980658745
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

84.69 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

176.64 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

87.10 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

87.51 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

351.19 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
348.96168791969
75th percentile
354.78366202953
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

352.97 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
344.39729912965
75th percentile
354.81659451243
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

85.36 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

84.77 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

178.48 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

177.17 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

89.37 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

358.87 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
357.28809212157
75th percentile
360.40225705967
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

85.52 samples/min

22 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

183.16 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

83.13 samples/min

31 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

348.10 samples/min

31 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
345.57608328146
75th percentile
352.98191570557
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

83.99 samples/min

31 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

181.66 samples/min

31 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

94.62 samples/min

40 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

377.32 samples/min

40 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
357.98880537204
75th percentile
382.53284503144
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

92.38 samples/min

40 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

190.39 samples/min

40 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

96.16 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

390.90 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
386.92549977648
75th percentile
393.54993500998
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

100.64 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

194.12 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

87.62 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

333.85 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
332.24160464746
75th percentile
337.42267953585
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

75.74 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

171.25 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

85.20 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

334.59 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
330.71730092565
75th percentile
336.96927232497
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

78.80 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 (GPU - 10 cores)

171.75 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions

Processing & platform

Chipset
Apple GPU cores
10*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
Apple GPU cores
10*
SoC family
Apple M2*

* Provisional data