Xeon D-1540 vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)
2024
12 cores / 12 threads, 32 Watt
27.96
+343%
Xeon D-1540
2015
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
6.31

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) outperforms Xeon D-1540 by a whopping 343% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1671067
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.84
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesApple M4Intel Xeon D
Power efficiency82.2613.20
Architecture codenameno dataBroadwell (2015−2019)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)9 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$581

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed2.592 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Multiplierno data20
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data1.5 MB (per core)
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246.24 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistorsno data3,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540 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 data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataFCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540 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 Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540 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 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.124 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M4 16-core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon D-1540.

PCIe versionno data2.0/3.0
PCI Express lanesno data24
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data6
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data+
UARTno data+

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.96 6.31
Recency 30 October 2024 9 March 2015
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 45 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has a 343.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 50% more physical cores, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 40.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-1540, on the other hand, has 33.3% more threads.

The Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon D-1540 in performance tests.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Xeon D-1540 is a server/workstation one.


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