Intel Pentium Gold 6405U vs Apple M2 Max

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

Main Differences

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2400)

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)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

575

Apple M2 Max +248%

2004

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

1312

Apple M2 Max +1045%

15030

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

1385

Apple M2 Max +199%

4149

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

2317

Apple M2 Max +1032%

26232

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

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Apple M2 Max

General Parameters

Oct 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Comet Lake

Core Architecture

Apple M2

6405U

Processor Number

-

BGA-1528

Socket

Apple M-Socket

UHD Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Package

-

Transistor Count

67 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

BGA-1528

Socket

Apple M-Socket

15 W

Power Consumption

30 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

8

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2

Total Core Count

12

4

Total Thread Count

12

-

Multiplier

35x

-

L1 Cache

192 K per core

-

L2 Cache

32 MB shared

2 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

96 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

8

37.5 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

950 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1398 MHz

-

Shader Units

4864

-

Texture Units

304

-

Raster Operation Units

152

-

Execution Units

608

-

Power Consumption

70 W

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

13.6 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

Official Website

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2.0

PCIe Version

4.0

12

PCIe Lanes

-

SSE4.1, SSE4.2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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