Apple M2 Max vs A6-4455M

Place in the ranking	2877	387
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	2.79	20.09
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	no data
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-4455M and Apple M2 Max basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	92 KB	3.3 MB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	36 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	48 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	67000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-4455M and Apple M2 Max compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FP2	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	79 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-4455M and Apple M2 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-4455M and Apple M2 Max are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-4455M and Apple M2 Max. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown Dual-channel

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7500G

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-4455M 0.51

Apple M2 Max 17.09
+3251%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-4455M 793

Apple M2 Max 26642
+3260%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.51	17.09
Recency	15 May 2012	17 January 2023
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	79 Watt

A6-4455M has 364.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max, on the other hand, has a 3251% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M2 Max is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-4455M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-4455M and Apple M2 Max, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.