Apple M1 vs Phenom II X3 P860

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 P860 and Apple M1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1193
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)no data
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 P860 and Apple M1 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads38
Base clock speedno data2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache384 KB2 MB
L2 cache1.5 MB16 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB
Chip lithography45 nm5 nm
Number of transistorsno data16000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P860 and Apple M1 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.

SocketS1no data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Apple M1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)no data
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Apple M1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 8-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 10 November 2020
Physical cores 3 8
Threads 3 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 has an age advantage of 10 years, 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

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