*Star Trek* (2009), *Star Trek into Darkness* (2013), and *Star Trek Beyond* (2016) occur in an alternate timeline / reality - so there are two different Spocks. "Old Spock" is from the 'original' timeline and has journeyed via artificial black hole to an alternate universe. > The alternate reality was a new reality created when a temporal > incursion caused by time travel of the Narada, a Romulan mining vessel > from the year 2387, disrupted the time continuum. Accidentally > traveling back to the year 2233, Nero, the Narada's captain, attacked > the USS Kelvin. The attack resulted in the deaths of several crew > members of the Kelvin, including George Kirk and Richard Robau, and > the destruction of the Kelvin itself. Spock arrived to the alternate > reality in 2258 and was captured by Nero, who used red matter to > destroy Vulcan. However, Nero's attacks united the crew of the USS > Enterprise, who foiled his attempt to destroy Earth. (Star Trek) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Alternate_reality If you are familiar with the [Mirror Universe][1] from TOS and DS9 - it's the same kind of concept (although, a different alternate universe) [1]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Mirror_universe