Xeon E5-4660 v3 vs Apple M1 Pro

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M1 Pro
2021
10 cores / 10 threads, 2064 Watt
11.23
+20.5%

Apple M1 Pro outperforms Xeon E5-4660 v3 by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking706845
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data7.08
Architecture codenameno dataHaswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date18 October 2021 (3 years ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads1028
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.22 GHz2.9 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
L1 cache2.9 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache28 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache24 MB35 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data356 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
Number of transistors33700 Million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3 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 configurationno data4
Socketno dataFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)2064 ‑ 3220 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 Pro 16-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

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 M1 Pro 11.23
+20.5%
Xeon E5-4660 v3 9.32

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.

Apple M1 Pro 17189
+20.6%
Xeon E5-4660 v3 14256

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.23 9.32
Recency 18 October 2021 1 June 2015
Physical cores 10 14
Threads 10 28
Chip lithography 5 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2064 Watt 120 Watt

Apple M1 Pro has a 20.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon E5-4660 v3, on the other hand, has 40% more physical cores and 180% more threads, and 1620% lower power consumption.

The Apple M1 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-4660 v3 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 Pro is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-4660 v3 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M1 Pro and Xeon E5-4660 v3, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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