Apple M2 Pro vs Celeron M 560

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 560 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 segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron MApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)no data
Release date1 May 2008 (16 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 560 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 cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed2.13 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB3.3 MB
L2 cache1 MB36 MB
L3 cacheno data24 MB
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Million40000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 560 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.

SocketPPGA478no data
Power consumption (TDP)30 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.

Celeron M 560 535
Apple M2 Pro 21754
+3966%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2008 17 January 2023
Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 2424 Watt

Celeron M 560 has 7980% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 560 and Apple M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.


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