Apple M2 Pro vs Coffee Lake S
Primary details
Comparing Coffee Lake S and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 458 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) | no data |
| Release date | 24 September 2017 (6 years ago) | 17 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Current price | $362 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Coffee Lake S 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 | no data | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | no data | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 3.3 MB |
| L2 cache | no data | 36 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 24 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm | 5 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 40000 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Coffee Lake S 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 | LGA-1151 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 September 2017 | 17 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
We couldn't decide between Coffee Lake S and Apple M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.
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