Apple M2 Pro vs A6-7480

Place in performance ranking	2237	449
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	no data
Release date	26 October 2018 (5 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$29	no data

Detailed specifications

A6-7480 and Apple M2 Pro 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	3.5 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	160K	3.3 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	36 MB
L3 cache	no data	24 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Die size	250 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	3,100 million	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-7480 and Apple M2 Pro 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	FM2+	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7480 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7480 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7480 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3-2133

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Radeon R5

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7480 and Apple M2 Pro.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

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.

A6-7480 1.19

Apple M2 Pro 14.55
+1123%

Apple M2 Pro outperforms A6-7480 by 1123% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A6-7480 1836

Apple M2 Pro 21596
+1076%

Apple M2 Pro outperforms A6-7480 by 1076% in Passmark.