Apple M2 Pro vs Pentium M 765

Place in the ranking	3176	537
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	Apple Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	1.04	no data
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	no data
Release date	20 October 2004 (20 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 765 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	2.1 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	400 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	3.3 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	36 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	24 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	5 nm
Die size	87 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	40000 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.988-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 765 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	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	2424 ‑ 3504 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 765 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 765 and Apple M2 Pro technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 765 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 765 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.23	13.70
Recency	20 October 2004	17 January 2023
Physical cores	1	12
Threads	1	12
Chip lithography	90 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	2424 Watt

Pentium M 765 has 34528.6% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has a 5856.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 18 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M2 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 765 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 765 and Apple M2 Pro, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.