Apple M2 Pro vs Turion II Neo K685
Aggregate performance score
M2 Pro outperforms Turion II Neo K685 by a whopping 3090% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3255 | 686 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II Neo | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Designer | AMD | Apple |
| Architecture codename | Geneva (2010) | no data |
| Release date | 15 December 2010 (14 years ago) | 17 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II Neo K685 and 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 | no data | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 3.3 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 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 |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II Neo K685 and 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 | S1g4 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 36 MB + 24 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Neo K685 and M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Neo K685 and M2 Pro are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Neo K685 and M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.39 | 12.44 |
| Recency | 15 December 2010 | 17 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 36 Watt |
Turion II Neo K685 has 3500% lower power consumption.
Apple M2 Pro, on the other hand, has a 3089.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.
The Apple M2 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II Neo K685 in performance tests.
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