Apple M2 Pro vs Celeron M 560
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M 560 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 461 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | no data |
| Release date | 1 May 2008 (16 years ago) | 17 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Current price | $49 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 560 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.13 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus support | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 3.3 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 24 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | 40000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 560 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 | PPGA478 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | no data |
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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Apple M2 Pro outperforms Celeron M 560 by 3950% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2008 | 17 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 12 |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
We couldn't decide between Celeron M 560 and Apple M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.
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