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Intel Atom C3538 vs Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Atom C3538
18 %
4C / 4T · 2.10 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Atom C3538
8 %
4C / 4T · 2.10 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
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Cinebench 2026 (ST)
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
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Cinebench 2024 (SC)
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
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Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
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Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
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FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3538 | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Atom (108) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Atom C3000 (20) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Denverton | M2 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1310 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3538 | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 12 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.10 GHz |
8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3538 | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M2 Pro (19 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 304 / 2432 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3538 | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3538 | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3538 | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 40 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3538 | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q3/2017 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | 75 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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