Apple M1 vs Athlon II N350

Place in the ranking	2908	1206
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	Apple Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	1.30	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	no data
Release date	4 October 2010 (14 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N350 and M1 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	no data	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	2 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm
Die size	117.5 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	234 Million	16000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N350 and M1 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.

Socket	S1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N350 and M1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N350 and M1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N350 and M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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.

Athlon II N350 0.48

Apple M1 5.17
+977%

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.

Athlon II N350 767

Apple M1 8207
+970%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.48	5.17
Recency	4 October 2010	10 November 2020
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm

Apple M1 has a 977.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

The M1 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II N350 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II N350 and Apple M1, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.