Apple M2 Max vs Pentium III 800

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium III 800 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 data20.10
Architecture codenameCoppermine T (2000)no data
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium III 800 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 cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threadsno data12
Base clock speedno data2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache8 KB3.3 MB
L2 cache256 KB36 MB
L3 cache0 KB48 MB
Chip lithography180 nm5 nm
Die size80 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors44 million67000 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 800 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
Socket370no data
Power consumption (TDP)38 Watt79 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 12
Chip lithography 180 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 38 Watt 79 Watt

Pentium III 800 has 107.9% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores, and a 3500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium III 800 and Apple M2 Max. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium III 800 is a desktop processor while Apple M2 Max is a notebook one.


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