Pentium Silver vs Apple M4 Max (16 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 Max (16 cores) outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 1363% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing M4 Max (16 cores) and Pentium Silver processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 167 | 1976 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M4 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 29.43 | no data |
| Release date | 30 October 2024 (less than a year ago) | 1 July 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
M4 Max (16 cores) and Pentium Silver 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | no data |
| Threads | 16 | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.51 GHz | no data |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on M4 Max (16 cores) and Pentium Silver 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M4 40-core GPU | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 27.79 | 1.90 |
| Recency | 30 October 2024 | 1 July 2020 |
Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has a 1362.6% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 years.
The M4 Max (16 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Pentium Silver, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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