Xeon Silver 4309Y 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
27.97
+131%
Xeon Silver 4309Y
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
12.11

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) outperforms Xeon Silver 4309Y by a whopping 131% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking167641
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesApple M4no data
Power efficiency82.2910.86
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data76 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 dataFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Silver 4309Y. 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-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
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 Silver 4309Y.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.97 12.11
Recency 30 October 2024 6 April 2021
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 3 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 105 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has a 131% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 50% more physical cores, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 228.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has 33.3% more threads.

The Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4309Y in performance tests.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.


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