Celeron 900 vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Celeron 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking186not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3no data
Power efficiency31.30no data
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)1 January 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Celeron 900 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)no data
Threads16no data
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHzno data
L3 cacheno data1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography3 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors92000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Celeron 900 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.

Socketno dataPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)78 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Celeron 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-

Security technologies

Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Celeron 900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Celeron 900 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M3 Max 40-Core GPUno 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.



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 M3 Max 16-Core 40968
+9892%
Celeron 900 410

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2023 1 January 2009
Chip lithography 3 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 78 Watt 35 Watt

Apple M3 Max 16-Core has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 900, on the other hand, has 122.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Celeron 900. We've got no test results to judge.


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