Apple M2 Max vs Core 2 Duo E4500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated386
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M-Series
Power efficiencyno data20.09
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)no data
Release dateJuly 2007 (17 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max 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 speed2.2 GHz2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB3.3 MB
L2 cache2 MB36 MB
L3 cache0 KB48 MB
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Die size111 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors167 million67000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt79 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max 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 Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M2 Max 38-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.

Core 2 Duo E4500 739
Apple M2 Max 26649
+3506%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 79 Watt

Core 2 Duo E4500 has 21.5% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E4500 and Apple M2 Max. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E4500 is a desktop processor while Apple M2 Max is a notebook one.


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