Apple M1 Pro 8-Core vs Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated712
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium 4-MApple M-Series
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)no data
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data2.06 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz3.22 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data2.3 MB
L2 cacheno data28 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB
Chip lithography130 nm5 nm
Number of transistorsno data33700 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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)30 Watt2060 ‑ 3220 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 2060 Watt

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 has 6766.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core. We've got no test results to judge.


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