Xeon Gold 6154 vs Apple M4 Max (16 cores)

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M4 Max (16 cores)
2024
16 cores / 16 threads, 90 Watt
28.04
+53.5%
Xeon Gold 6154
2017
18 cores / 36 threads, 200 Watt
18.27

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) outperforms Xeon Gold 6154 by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking165329
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.00
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M4Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency29.338.60
Architecture codenameno dataSkylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,543

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154 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)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads1636
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data30
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data24.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data82 °C
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154 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)90 Watt200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154. 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 M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154 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 M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154. 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 M4 40-core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.04 18.27
Recency 30 October 2024 11 July 2017
Physical cores 16 18
Threads 16 36
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 200 Watt

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has a 53.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 122.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6154, on the other hand, has 12.5% more physical cores and 125% more threads.

The Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6154 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6154 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6154, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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