Apple M1 Max vs Athlon II N350

Place in the ranking	2889	524
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	1.30	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	no data
Release date	4 October 2010 (14 years ago)	18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N350 and Apple M1 Max 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	2 (Dual-core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	2	10
Base clock speed	no data	2.06 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.22 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	2.9 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	28 MB
L3 cache	no data	48 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm
Die size	117.5 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	234 Million	57000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N350 and Apple M1 Max 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.

Socket	S1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	2060 ‑ 3220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N350 and Apple M1 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N350 and Apple M1 Max are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N350 and Apple M1 Max. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M1 Max 32-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.

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.

Athlon II N350 0.50

Apple M1 Max 14.43
+2786%

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 II N350 767

Apple M1 Max 22080
+2779%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.50	14.43
Recency	4 October 2010	18 October 2021
Physical cores	2	10
Threads	2	10
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	2060 Watt

Athlon II N350 has 5785.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Max, on the other hand, has a 2786% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M1 Max is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II N350 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II N350 and Apple M1 Max, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.