What's the best choice Apple M2 or Intel Pentium 967? Which processor is faster?
Compare the available specifications of these models.
Apple M2 has a base frequency of 3.50 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q1/2022.
Intel Pentium 967 has a base frequency of 1.30 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 17 W. Released in Q4/2011.
Reasons to consider Higher clock speed
Around 169% better clock speed
1.30 GHz
More number of cores
6 more cores
2
Lower stated TDP / base power
Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.
17 W
Reasons to consider Common positions Intel Pentium 967 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
Apple M2
Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.
Intel Pentium 900
Intel Pentium
2
Mobile
Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.
-
-
1.3 GHz
normal
2
2
No
No
No turbo
-
No turbo
Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.
10.1
6
6
350 MHz
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
1000 MHz
2
-
Q2/2011
48
32 nm
Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.
No
Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
No
No
No
Decode
No
No
Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium 967 and Apple M2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.
No
16 GB
2
DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
16
2.0
Yes
Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 and Intel Pentium 967 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.
100 °C
17 W
-
-
Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Intel Pentium 967, virtual machine technologies and process technology.
Sandy Bridge U
x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-
2 MB
Q4/2011
BGA 1023
32 nm
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.
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