C-70 vs Apple M1 Pro

Place in the ranking	712	3222
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M-Series	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	no data	2.10
Architecture codename	no data	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	18 October 2021 (3 years ago)	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Pro and C-70 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	10 (Deca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	10	2
Base clock speed	2.064 GHz	1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.22 GHz	1.33 GHz
L1 cache	2.9 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	28 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	5 nm	40 nm
Die size	no data	75 mm²
Number of transistors	33700 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro and C-70 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	no data	1
Socket	no data	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	2064 ‑ 3220 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and C-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and C-70 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and C-70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

AMD Radeon HD 6290 (280 - 400 MHz)

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.

Apple M1 Pro 10.82
+5310%

C-70 0.20

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.

Apple M1 Pro 17192
+5358%

C-70 315

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.82	0.20
Recency	18 October 2021	1 September 2012
Physical cores	10	2
Threads	10	2
Chip lithography	5 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2064 Watt	9 Watt

Apple M1 Pro has a 5310% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

C-70, on the other hand, has 22833.3% lower power consumption.

The Apple M1 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the C-70 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M1 Pro and C-70, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.