Xeon Gold 5418Y vs Apple M2

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M2
2022
8 cores / 8 threads, 20 Watt
9.40
Xeon Gold 5418Y
2023
24 cores / 48 threads, 185 Watt
28.01
+198%

Xeon Gold 5418Y outperforms Apple M2 by a whopping 198% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking814167
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data54.33
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Power efficiency44.4514.32
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date10 June 2022 (2 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,493

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads848
Base clock speed2.424 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.48 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache2 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache20 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data45 MB
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
Number of transistors20000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y 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 dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® 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

M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data80

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 M2 9.40
Xeon Gold 5418Y 28.01
+198%

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 M2 14933
Xeon Gold 5418Y 44487
+198%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.40 28.01
Recency 10 June 2022 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 24
Threads 8 48
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 185 Watt

Apple M2 has 825% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5418Y, on the other hand, has a 198% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5418Y is our recommended choice as it beats the M2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M2 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5418Y is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and Xeon Gold 5418Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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