A8-3520M vs Apple M2

Place in the ranking	806	2521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple Apple M-Series	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	44.48	2.46
Architecture codename	no data	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	10 June 2022 (2 years ago)	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 and A8-3520M 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.424 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.48 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	20 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	5 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	228 mm²
Number of transistors	20000 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 and A8-3520M 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	FS1
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and A8-3520M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 and A8-3520M are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and A8-3520M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)

AMD Radeon HD 6620G

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 M2 9.40
+933%

A8-3520M 0.91

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 M2 14933
+931%

A8-3520M 1448

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.40	0.91
Recency	10 June 2022	20 December 2011
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	5 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt

Apple M2 has a 933% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 540% more advanced lithography process, and 75% lower power consumption.

The Apple M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-3520M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and A8-3520M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.