Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Apple M1

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M1
2020
8 cores / 8 threads
5.17
Xeon Silver 4309Y
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
12.11
+134%

Xeon Silver 4309Y outperforms Apple M1 by a whopping 134% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1207642
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data10.91
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache2 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data76 °C
Number of transistors16000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 data2
Socketno dataFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)no data105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 8-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

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 5.17
Xeon Silver 4309Y 12.11
+134%

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 8207
Xeon Silver 4309Y 19237
+134%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.17 12.11
Recency 10 November 2020 6 April 2021
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 5 nm 10 nm

Apple M1 has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has a 134.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and 100% more threads.

The Xeon Silver 4309Y is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M1 and Xeon Silver 4309Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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