Apple M2 Pro vs Athlon 64 FX-60

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 FX-60 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated537
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameToledo (2006)no data
Release dateJanuary 2006 (18 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 FX-60 and Apple M2 Pro 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB3.3 MB
L2 cache2 MB36 MB
L3 cache0 KB24 MB
Chip lithography90 nm5 nm
Die size199 mm2no data
Number of transistors233 million40000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 FX-60 and Apple M2 Pro 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 configuration1no data
Socket939no data
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt2424 ‑ 3504 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

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.

Athlon 64 FX-60 709
Apple M2 Pro 21754
+2968%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 2424 Watt

Athlon 64 FX-60 has 2103.6% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 FX-60 and Apple M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 FX-60 is a desktop processor while Apple M2 Pro is a notebook one.


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