Xeon Gold 5120 vs Apple M3 Pro 11-Core

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core
2023
11 cores / 11 threads, 27 Watt
15.61
+34.3%
Xeon Gold 5120
2017
14 cores / 28 threads, 105 Watt
11.62

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core outperforms Xeon Gold 5120 by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking443676
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.04
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M3Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency54.7110.47
Architecture codenameno dataSkylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,555

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120 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 cores11 (Undeca-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads1128
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data22
L1 cacheno data896 KB
L2 cacheno data14 MB
L3 cacheno data19.25 MB
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors37000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120. 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-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M3 Pro 14-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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 M3 Pro 11-Core 15.61
+34.3%
Xeon Gold 5120 11.62

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 M3 Pro 11-Core 24788
+34.3%
Xeon Gold 5120 18454

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.61 11.62
Recency 30 October 2023 11 July 2017
Physical cores 11 14
Threads 11 28
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 105 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core has a 34.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 288.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5120, on the other hand, has 27.3% more physical cores and 154.5% more threads.

The Apple M3 Pro 11-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5120 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M3 Pro 11-Core is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5120 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Xeon Gold 5120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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