Apple M2 Pro vs Atom N2650
Primary details
Comparing Atom N2650 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 527 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Architecture codename | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) | no data |
| Release date | 5 January 2012 (12 years ago) | 17 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Atom N2650 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.73 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 3.3 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 24 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 40000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N2650 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3,6 Watt | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 | Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 January 2012 | 17 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
Apple M2 Pro has an age advantage of 11 years, 500% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Atom N2650 and Apple M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.
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