Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) vs Intel Atom Z3736G

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Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom Z3736G
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Intel Atom Z3736G

CPU comparison

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) or Intel Atom Z3736G - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) was released in Q3/2021.

The Intel Atom Z3736G has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.16 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom Z3736G was released in Q2/2014.
Apple M series (25) Family Intel Atom (108)
Apple M1 (9) CPU group Intel Atom Z3700 (16)
1 Generation 4
M1 Architecture Bay Trail
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) is 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the Intel Atom Z3736G has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom Z3736G is at 1.33 GHz (2.16 GHz).

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Characteristic Intel Atom Z3736G
10 Cores 4
10 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz)
8x Firestorm
A-Core 1.33 GHz (2.16 GHz)
0.60 GHz (2.06 GHz)
2x Icestorm
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Characteristic Intel Atom Z3736G
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware --
16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) or Intel Atom Z3736G has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Apple M1 Max (24 Core) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
0.39 GHz GPU frequency 0.31 GHz
1.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
1 GPU Generation 7
5 nm Technology 22 nm
5 Max. displays 2
384 Compute units 4
3072 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple M1 Max (24 Core) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) can use up to 64 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 409.6 GB/s. The Intel Atom Z3736G supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 10.6 GB/s.

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Characteristic Intel Atom Z3736G
LPDDR5-6400 Memory DDR3L-1333
64 GB Max. Memory 1 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
409.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 10.6 GB/s
No ECC No
28.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) is 45 W, while the Intel Atom Z3736G has a TDP of 4 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Characteristic Intel Atom Z3736G
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 4 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) is manufactured in 5 nm and has 28.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom Z3736G is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Characteristic Intel Atom Z3736G
5 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8.5-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 592
Apple Virtualization Framework Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
macOS Operating systems
Q3/2021 Release date Q2/2014
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
Apple M1 Max (24 Core) @ 1.30 GHz
7830 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.65 GHz
41 (1%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
112 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
796 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1534 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12402 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1783 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12693 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
2397 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12439 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
192 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
22255 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
12,402 CB R23 MC @ 45 W
275 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.60 GHz
11 (100%)
Intel Atom Z3736G Intel Atom Z3736G
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Intel Atom Z3736G
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)
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