Xeon w3-2525 vs Apple M2 Pro

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking534not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$609

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed2.424 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache3.3 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache36 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors40000 Millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525 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 data1
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)2424 ‑ 3504 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, 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-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M2 Pro 19-Core GPUN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2023 24 August 2024
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 12 16
Power consumption (TDP) 2424 Watt 175 Watt

Apple M2 Pro has 50% more physical cores.

Xeon w3-2525, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more threads, and 1285.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 Pro and Xeon w3-2525. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 Pro is a notebook processor while Xeon w3-2525 is a server/workstation one.


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