Apple M1 vs Athlon Neo MV-40
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Neo MV-40 and Apple M1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1188 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon Neo | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Architecture codename | Huron (2009) | no data |
| Release date | 6 January 2009 (15 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Neo MV-40 and Apple M1 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.064 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 1600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 16000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Neo MV-40 and Apple M1 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 | ASB1 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Neo MV-40 and Apple M1. 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 Neo MV-40 and Apple M1 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M1 8-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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2009 | 10 November 2020 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 8 |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
Apple M1 has an age advantage of 11 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Athlon Neo MV-40 and Apple M1. We've got no test results to judge.
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