Apple M4 (8 cores) vs Xeon E5-2650L v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking940not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.02no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Apple M4
Power efficiency11.60no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)no data
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)28 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,329no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads288
Base clock speed1.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier17no data
L2 cache3.5 MBno data
L3 cache35 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die size306.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature64 °Cno data
Number of transistors4700 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores) are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M4 8-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores).

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 28 October 2024
Physical cores 14 8
Threads 28 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 5 Watt

Xeon E5-2650L v4 has 75% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

Apple M4 (8 cores), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Apple M4 (8 cores). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2650L v4 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M4 (8 cores) is a desktop one.


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