Atom N450 vs Apple M2
Primary details
Comparing Apple M2 and Atom N450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 788 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | no data | Pinetrail (2009−2011) |
| Release date | 10 June 2022 (2 years ago) | 21 December 2009 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $64 |
Detailed specifications
Apple M2 and Atom N450 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.424 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.48 GHz | 1.67 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | 2 MB | 56 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 20000 Million | 123 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M2 and Atom N450 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 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 5.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Atom N450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Apple M2 and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 and Atom N450 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz) | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 June 2022 | 21 December 2009 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 5 Watt |
Apple M2 has an age advantage of 12 years, 700% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.
Atom N450, on the other hand, has 300% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Apple M2 and Atom N450. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and Atom N450, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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