Apple M1 Max vs Athlon Neo MV-40
Aggregate performance score
Apple M1 Max outperforms Athlon Neo MV-40 by a whopping 8012% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Neo MV-40 and M1 Max processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3334 | 563 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon Neo | Apple M-Series |
| Power efficiency | 1.08 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | Apple |
| Architecture codename | Huron (2009) | no data |
| Release date | 6 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 18 October 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Neo MV-40 and M1 Max 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 10 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.06 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.22 GHz |
| Bus rate | 1600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 2.9 MB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 28 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 48 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 57000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Neo MV-40 and M1 Max 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 | ASB1 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Neo MV-40 and M1 Max. 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 Neo MV-40 and M1 Max are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M1 Max 32-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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.17 | 13.79 |
| Recency | 6 January 2009 | 18 October 2021 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 10 |
| Threads | 1 | 10 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
Apple M1 Max has a 8011.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.
The Apple M1 Max is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 in performance tests.
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