Apple M2 Pro vs Celeron U3600

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)no data
Release date11 January 2011 (13 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron U3600 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed1.2 GHz2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier9no data
L1 cache128 KB3.3 MB
L2 cache512 KB36 MB
L3 cache2 MB24 MB
Chip lithography32 nm5 nm
Die size81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors382 Million40000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron U3600 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketBGA1288no data
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt2424 ‑ 3504 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth12.799 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsApple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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 U3600 579
Apple M2 Pro 21754
+3657%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2011 17 January 2023
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 2424 Watt

Celeron U3600 has 13366.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron U3600 and Apple M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.


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