Apple M2 Pro vs Pentium B940
Aggregated performance score
Apple M2 Pro outperforms Pentium B940 by a whopping 2498% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2697 | 449 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | no data |
| Release date | 19 June 2011 (12 years ago) | 17 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | no data |
| Current price | $131 (1x MSRP) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium B940 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 | 2 GHz | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 3.3 MB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 36 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 24 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | 40000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B940 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | PGA988 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | no data |
| FMA | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors | Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
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.
Apple M2 Pro outperforms Pentium B940 by 2498% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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 Pentium B940 by 2403% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.56 | 14.55 |
| Recency | 19 June 2011 | 17 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
The Apple M2 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B940 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B940 and Apple M2 Pro, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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