Apple M1 vs Atom N2850
Primary details
Comparing Atom N2850 and Apple M1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1190 |
| 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) | 10 November 2020 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Atom N2850 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.064 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 16000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N2850 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6,6 Watt | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 | Apple M1 8-Core GPU |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 January 2012 | 10 November 2020 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
Apple M1 has an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Atom N2850 and Apple M1. We've got no test results to judge.
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