Pentium Dual T4500 vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core

Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
2023
12 cores / 12 threads, 27 Watt
17.00
+1854%
Pentium Dual Core T4500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.87

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a whopping 1854% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Pentium Dual Core T4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3962562
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency57.412.27
Architecture codenameno dataPenryn (2008−2011)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
Chip lithography3 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Number of transistors37000 Million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataP
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M3 Pro 18-Core GPUno 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.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 17.00
+1854%
Pentium Dual T4500 0.87

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.

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 26022
+1848%
Pentium Dual T4500 1336

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.00 0.87
Recency 30 October 2023 1 January 2010
Physical cores 12 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 3 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 35 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 1854% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 29.6% lower power consumption.

The Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Pentium Dual Core T4500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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