Pentium G4500 vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core

Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Max 16-Core
2023
16 cores / 16 threads, 78 Watt
26.76
+1362%

Apple M3 Max 16-Core outperforms Pentium G4500 by a whopping 1362% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1862013
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesApple M3Intel Pentium
Power efficiency31.283.27
Architecture codenameno dataSkylake (2015−2016)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$82

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed2.748 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data35
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data98.57 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
Number of transistors92000 Million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)78 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPUIntel HD Graphics 530
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium G4500.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 M3 Max 16-Core 26.76
+1362%
Pentium G4500 1.83

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 40959
+1366%
Pentium G4500 2793

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.76 1.83
Recency 30 October 2023 1 September 2015
Physical cores 16 2
Threads 16 2
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 78 Watt 51 Watt

Apple M3 Max 16-Core has a 1362.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium G4500, on the other hand, has 52.9% lower power consumption.

The Apple M3 Max 16-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G4500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M3 Max 16-Core is a notebook processor while Pentium G4500 is a desktop one.


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