Apple M2 Max vs Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

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Apple M2 Max

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Pentium Gold 6405U with 2 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 2.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +442%

2696

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

497

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +1344%

14905

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

1032

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +248%

2004

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

575

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +1045%

15030

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

1312

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +199%

4149

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

1385

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +1032%

26232

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

2317

Apple M2 Max

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Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2019

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

6405U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1528

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

15 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

2

8

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

2

12

Total Thread Count

4

35x

Multiplier

-

192 K per core

L1 Cache

-

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

-

L3 Cache

2 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

-

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

96 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

37.5 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

950 MHz

4864

Shader Units

-

304

Texture Units

-

152

Raster Operation Units

-

608

Execution Units

-

70 W

Power Consumption

-

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

4.0

PCIe Version

2.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2

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