Apple M2 Pro vs Pentium Gold G7400E

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G7400E 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 segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)no data
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G7400E 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)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)3.3 MB
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)36 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)24 MB
Chip lithography10 nm5 nm
Number of transistorsno data40000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G7400E 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
Socket1700no data
Power consumption (TDP)46 Watt2424 ‑ 3504 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G7400E and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G7400E and Apple M2 Pro technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G7400E 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 Pentium Gold G7400E and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5 Dual-channelno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 710Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G7400E and Apple M2 Pro.

PCIe version5.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 17 January 2023
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 46 Watt 2424 Watt

Pentium Gold G7400E has 5169.6% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 500% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold G7400E and Apple M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Gold G7400E is a desktop processor while Apple M2 Pro is a notebook one.


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