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Intel Pentium 2020M vs Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium 2020M
23 %
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium 2020M
13 %
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium 2020M
20 %
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
Apple M3 Pro (18 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 2020M | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Pentium (150) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Pentium 2000 (5) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge U | M3 |
| Technology | 22 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | PGA 988 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M4 Pro (14-CPU 20-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 2020M | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 12 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 2.40 GHz |
6x Lobos P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Lobos E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 0.51 MB | 36.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 2020M | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) | Apple M3 Pro (18 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.10 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 288 / 2304 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 36 GB |
| Technology | 22 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2012 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Pentium 2020M | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-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 Pentium 2020M | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 36 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Pentium 2020M | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 35 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 90 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 2020M | Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-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 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q3/2012 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Intel Pentium 2020M
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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