Apple M2 Pro vs Athlon X2 L310

Place in the ranking	3213	537
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Conesus (2009)	no data
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 L310 and Apple M2 Pro 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	no data	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	3.3 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	36 MB
L3 cache	no data	24 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 L310 and Apple M2 Pro 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	BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	2424 ‑ 3504 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M2 Pro 19-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 X2 L310 0.21

Apple M2 Pro 13.70
+6424%

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 X2 L310 329

Apple M2 Pro 21754
+6512%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.21	13.70
Recency	10 September 2009	17 January 2023
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	2424 Watt

Athlon X2 L310 has 18546.2% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has a 6423.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M2 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 L310 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X2 L310 and Apple M2 Pro, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.