Apple M2 Pro vs Xeon E5-2678 v3

Place in the ranking	827	543
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Xeon	Apple Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	7.31	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	no data
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Apple M2 Pro 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 cores	12 (Dodeca-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	24	12
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	3.3 MB
L2 cache	3072 KB	36 MB
L3 cache	30 MB	24 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	5 nm
Die size	356 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	5,560 million	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Apple M2 Pro 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 configuration	2	no data
Socket	LGA2011-3	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Apple M2 Pro technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3, DDR4

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Apple M2 Pro.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

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.

Xeon E5-2678 v3 9.27

Apple M2 Pro 13.73
+48.1%

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.

Xeon E5-2678 v3 14726

Apple M2 Pro 21804
+48.1%