The wear and friction may cause failure of industrial component which in turn may increase the production cost. It is important for a tool material to possess good wear resistance, toughness and other mechanical properties so as to reduce the failure. In this work, the effect of cryogenic treatment on the mechanical properties of AISI A2 tool steel is analyzed as cryogenic treatment enhances the mechanical properties of steel. The present investigation covers the study of friction and wear behavior of cryogenic treated and heated treated samples of AISI A2 tool steel under dry sliding condition. This study is the comparative study which shows the enhancement of mechanical properties by cryogenic treatment on samples versus untreated (heat treated) samples. The friction and wear results of the sliding test on heat treated and cryogenic treated specimens using pin on roller configuration showed that the cryogenic treatment increases the wear resistance and reduces the coefficient of friction of AISI A2 tool steel in comparison to heat treatment.