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Intel Pentium 3550M vs Apple M2 Max (38-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 Pentium 3550M
28 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
100 %
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
100 %
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
100 %
Apple M2 Max (38 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
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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 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 Pentium 3550M | Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Pentium (150) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Pentium 3000 (8) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Haswell U | M2 |
| Technology | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | PGA 946 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 3550M | Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 12 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 2.30 GHz |
8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 36.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 3550M | Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) | Apple M2 Max (38 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.10 GHz | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 10 / 80 | 608 / 4864 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 5 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 96 GB |
| Technology | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2012 | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 3550M | Apple M2 Max (38-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 Pentium 3550M | Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 4.0 x 32 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 63.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium 3550M | Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 37 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 Pentium 3550M | Apple M2 Max (38-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 | Q4/2013 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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