Pentium Silver vs Apple M2
Aggregate performance score
Apple M2 outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 392% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Apple M2 and Pentium Silver processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 806 | 1956 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 44.48 | no data |
| Release date | 10 June 2022 (2 years ago) | 1 July 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M2 and Pentium Silver 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | no data |
| Threads | 8 | no data |
| Base clock speed | 2.424 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.48 GHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | no data |
| Number of transistors | 20000 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M2 and Pentium Silver 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz) | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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
| Performance score | 9.40 | 1.91 |
| Recency | 10 June 2022 | 1 July 2020 |
Apple M2 has a 392.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.
The Apple M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and Pentium Silver, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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