Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Intel Celeron G4900T

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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron G4900T
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Intel Celeron G4900T

CPU comparison

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) or Intel Celeron G4900T - 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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Celeron G4900T has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G4900T was released in Q2/2018.
Apple M series (25) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Apple M2 (8) CPU group Intel Celeron G4000 (3)
2 Generation 8
M2 Architecture Coffee Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Predecessor Intel Celeron G3900T
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Successor Intel Celeron G5900T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Intel Celeron G4900T has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron G4900T is at 2.80 GHz.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Celeron G4900T
10 Cores 2
10 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz)
6x Avalanche
A-Core 2.80 GHz
0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz)
4x Blizzard
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Celeron G4900T
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware --
16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) or Intel Celeron G4900T 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 M2 Pro (16 Core) GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
0.45 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
2 GPU Generation 9.5
5 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
256 Compute units 12
2048 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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 M2 Pro (16 Core) GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The Intel Celeron G4900T supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Celeron G4900T
LPDDR5-6400 Memory DDR4-2400
32 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
28.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is 30 W, while the Intel Celeron G4900T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Celeron G4900T
30 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 25 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is manufactured in 5 nm and has 28.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron G4900T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Celeron G4900T
5 nm Technology 14 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 LGA 1151
Apple Virtualization Framework Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
macOS, iPadOS Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q2/2018
-- Release price 40 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T (31%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T (10%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
1874 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
735 (39%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12224 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1386 (11%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
2689 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
594 (22%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12084 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
982 (8%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
5680 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (4%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
21532 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2290 (11%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
122 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
782 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
1695 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12125 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
119 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
213 (100%)

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
12,125 CB R23 MC @ 30 W
404 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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 M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz
15.8 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Intel Celeron G4900T
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023)
Apple mac mini (2023)
Unknown

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