Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
2023
12 cores / 12 threads, 27 Watt
16.11
+70.7%
Xeon E5-2680 v3
2014
12 cores / 24 threads, 120 Watt
9.44

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core outperforms Xeon E5-2680 v3 by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking416809
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M3no data
Power efficiency56.477.44
Architecture codenameno dataHaswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)8 September 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1224
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data356 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors37000 Million5,560 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3 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 dataFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M3 Pro 18-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

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 12-Core 16.11
+70.7%
Xeon E5-2680 v3 9.44

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 12-Core 25587
+70.6%
Xeon E5-2680 v3 14998

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.11 9.44
Recency 30 October 2023 8 September 2014
Threads 12 24
Chip lithography 3 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 120 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 70.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 633.3% more advanced lithography process, and 344.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2680 v3, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

The M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2680 v3 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2680 v3 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon E5-2680 v3, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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