Xeon Gold 6130 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
+23.9%
Xeon Gold 6130
2017
16 cores / 32 threads, 125 Watt
13.00

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core outperforms Xeon Gold 6130 by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking416586
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.54
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M3Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency56.479.84
Architecture codenameno dataSkylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,894

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1232
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data1 MB
L2 cacheno data16 MB
L3 cacheno data22 MB
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data87 °C
Number of transistors37000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130 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 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130. 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 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130 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 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130 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 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 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 Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130.

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 12-Core 16.11
+23.9%
Xeon Gold 6130 13.00

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
+23.9%
Xeon Gold 6130 20647

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.11 13.00
Recency 30 October 2023 25 April 2017
Physical cores 12 16
Threads 12 32
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 125 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 23.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 363% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6130, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

The Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6130 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6130 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Xeon Gold 6130, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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