Xeon Platinum 8490H vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core

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Primary details

Comparing M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking194not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M3no data
Power efficiency31.36no data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$17,000

Detailed specifications

M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads16120
Base clock speed2.748 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data112.5 MB
Chip lithography3 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors92000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 data8
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)78 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H. 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

M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M3 Max 40-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2023 10 January 2023
Physical cores 16 60
Threads 16 120
Power consumption (TDP) 78 Watt 350 Watt

Apple M3 Max 16-Core has an age advantage of 9 months, and 348.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8490H, on the other hand, has 275% more physical cores and 650% more threads.

We couldn't decide between M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M3 Max 16-Core is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8490H is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Platinum 8490H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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