Apple M4 Max (14 cores) vs Pentium D1508

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1907not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M4
Power efficiency7.72no data
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)30 November 2024 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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 cores2 (Dual-core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads414
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.51 GHz
L3 cache3 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1667no data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data

Security technologies

Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR3no data
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M4 32-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores).

PCIe version2.0/3.0no data
PCI Express lanes32no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports6no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN+no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2015 30 November 2024
Physical cores 2 14
Threads 4 14
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 80 Watt

Pentium D1508 has 220% lower power consumption.

Apple M4 Max (14 cores), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 600% more physical cores and 250% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D1508 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium D1508 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M4 Max (14 cores) is a notebook one.


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