Apple M2 Pro vs Phenom II X3 N850

Place in performance ranking	2504	461
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	3x AMD Phenom II	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	no data
Release date	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$14.89	no data

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N850 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	3 (Tri-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	3	12
Base clock speed	no data	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	3.3 MB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	36 MB
L3 cache	no data	24 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	no data	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N850 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	S1 (S1g4)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N850 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V, DDR3-1333 memory controller

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N850 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N850 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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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.

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.

Phenom II X3 N850 0.81

Apple M2 Pro 14.60
+1702%

Apple M2 Pro outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 1702% based on our aggregate 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%

Phenom II X3 N850 1253

Apple M2 Pro 21668
+1629%

Apple M2 Pro outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 1629% in Passmark.