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Intel Atom D2500 vs Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-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 D2500
5 %
2C / 2T · 1.86 GHz
16C / 16T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Atom D2500
1 %
2C / 2T · 1.86 GHz
16C / 16T · 3.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Atom D2500
0 %
Intel GMA 3600
Apple M3 Max (40 Core)
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1,113 entries
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Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
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AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Atom D2500 | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Atom (108) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Atom D2000 (4) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Cedarview | M3 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 559 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Atom D2500 | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 16 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 1.86 GHz |
12x Palma P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Palma E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 36.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Atom D2500 | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel GMA 3600 | Apple M3 Max (40 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 32 | 640 / 5120 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 5 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 1 GB | 128 GB |
| Technology | 65 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2008 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Atom D2500 | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Atom D2500 | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1066 (8.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Atom D2500 | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 57 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Intel Atom D2500 | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE3 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q3/2011 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | 50 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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