Apple M2 Pro vs Pentium E5300

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5300
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.59
Apple M2 Pro
2023
12 cores / 12 threads, 2424 Watt
14.20
+2307%

Apple M2 Pro outperforms Pentium E5300 by a whopping 2307% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2810534
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataApple Apple M-Series
Power efficiency0.83no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)no data
Release dateNovember 2008 (16 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 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 speed2.6 GHz2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)3.3 MB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)36 MB
L3 cache0 KB24 MB
Chip lithography45 nm5 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million40000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt2424 ‑ 3504 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and Apple M2 Pro. 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

Pentium E5300 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 Pentium E5300 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and Apple M2 Pro. 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 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium E5300 0.59
Apple M2 Pro 14.20
+2307%

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.

Pentium E5300 902
Apple M2 Pro 21726
+2309%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.59 14.20
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 2424 Watt

Pentium E5300 has 3629.2% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has a 2306.8% higher aggregate performance score, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M2 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5300 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E5300 is a desktop processor while Apple M2 Pro is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E5300 and Apple M2 Pro, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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