C-70 vs Apple M1 Pro
Primary details
Comparing Apple M1 Pro and C-70 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 710 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M-Series | AMD C-Series |
| Architecture codename | no data | Ontario (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 18 October 2021 (3 years ago) | 1 September 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M1 Pro and C-70 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 10 (Deca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 10 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.064 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.22 GHz | 1.33 GHz |
| L1 cache | 2.9 MB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 28 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | no data | 75 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 33700 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M1 Pro and C-70 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2064 ‑ 3220 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and C-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz) |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and C-70 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and C-70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 Single-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU | AMD Radeon HD 6290 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 October 2021 | 1 September 2012 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 2 |
| Threads | 10 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2064 Watt | 9 Watt |
Apple M1 Pro has an age advantage of 9 years, 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
C-70, on the other hand, has 22833.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Pro and C-70. We've got no test results to judge.
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